Clouds

Clouds are kept up by the warm air rising from below.

• True

• False

Which term best describes water vapor?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

These clouds are very high in the sky.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Which of the following is an example of a cloud of vertical development?

• nimbostratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• stratus cloud

These clouds are made of ice crystals.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Are stratus clouds or cirrus clouds found closer to the ground?

• Cirrus
• Stratus

Clouds are classified by their

• color and size
• color and shape
• height and size
• height and shape

Clouds form when...

• liquid water is heated and evaporates to become water vapor in the atmosphere.
• water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses becoming water droplets in the atmosphere
• water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.

Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

• fair skies
• hot, sunny weather
• windy weather
• rainy weather

Draw an altocumulus.