Clouds and Precipitation

____________________ is a round pellet of ice that only forms in cumulonimbus clouds.

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• freezing rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton are _________________ clouds.

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

Clouds are formed by the process of ______________________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• collection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ___________________ forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals.

• hail pellet

• raindrop

• sleet particle

• snowflake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A tool used to measure amounts of rainfall is a(n) _____________________.

• anemometer

• thermometer

• barometer

• rain gauge

Wispy, feathery clouds are _____________________ clouds.

• cirrus

• cirrocumulus

• nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the dew point?

• the temperature at which condensation begins

• the temperature at which frost turns to dew

• the temperature present in a cloud

• the temperature present when a storm begins

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

________________________ is the only type of precipitation to fall as water but freezes when it hits a cold surface.

• sleet

• freezing rain

• hail

• snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

______________________ clouds form in low, flat layers.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

• Cumulonimbus

The most common type of precipitation is _______________.

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5