Stormy Skies Practice/ Review

How can you tell the difference between a stratus and a stratonimbus cloud?

• A stratus cloud is small and a stratonimbus cloud is very tall.

• A stratonimbus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, and causes rain.

• A stratus cloud only covers part of the sky, and a stratonimbus cloud covers the whole sky.

Stratonimbus storms usually cause rain all day long because ______.

• they turn into cumulus clouds.

• they turn into stratus clouds.

• the clouds are very wide so they spend a long time over one area.

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Tropical climate zones are very wet and humid because __________.

• the temperature is cold.

• sunbeams shine directly on them, causing more water evaporation and rainfall.

• the Earth travels in a circle around the sun.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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This is an example of a strong wind that can cause damage:

• tornado

• dust storm

• hurricane

• all of the above

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When water changes from a liquid to a gas, we say it

• has vanished

• evaporates

• is ice

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Which climate is being described in each sentence below?

Animals that live here have blubber or thick fur: _____________

• temperate

• tropical

• desert

• polar

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Which climate is being described in each sentence below?

Trees lose their leaves in the autumn/fall _______________

• temperate

• tropical

• desert

• polar

Which climate is being described in each sentence below?

Many animals hibernate in winter, come back out in springtime: ___________

• temperate

• tropical

• desert

• polar

Which climate is being described in each sentence below?

What climate zone do we live in here in Canoga Park? : _____________

• mild

• tropical

• desert

• polar

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Animals that live here don’t pant to cool off, otherwise they would lose water: ________

• temperate

• tropical

• desert

• polar