Weather Quiz 2 Review

What do we call the fluffy white clouds with flat bottoms

• cirrus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

Which extreme weather event usually creates a short period of heavy rain and needs warm, humid conditions to form?

• Tornado

• Typhoon

• Hurricane

• Thunderstorm

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of clouds are feathery and fibrous?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Different weather events are caused by...

• different kinds of weather instruments

• different atmospheric conditions

• different months of the year

• different types of weather models

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Choose three COMMON weather events:

• fog

• rain

• hurricanes

• snow

• tornadoes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Choose three EXTREME weather events

• snow

• tornadoes

• hurricanes

• fog

• thunderstorms

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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What type of clouds are large and fluffy with dark bottoms?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

What type of weather do we see with cumulus clouds?

• overcast

• clear and sunny (fair weather)

• stormy

• floods

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of clouds are smooth and gray and cover the sky, and what type of weather do we see with them?

• cirrus

  &

  fair weather

• stratus

  &

  light rain and drizzle

• cumulus

  &

  fair weather

• cumulonimbus

  &

  light rain and drizzle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What extreme weather event typically happens when a thunderstorm happens and the wind changes directions which makes the air begin to rotate?

• thunderstorm

• fog

• hurricane

• tornado

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5