Quizizz over Atmosphere, Water Cycle, Clouds, & Precipitation

Earth is surrounded by a blanket of mixed gases called the _______________.

• electromagnetic field

• atmosphere

• nitrogen

• exosphere

Water vapor in the atmosphere is in the form of a ________.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• droplet of rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Clouds are classified by _____________.

• their shape and the weather they cause.

• the temperature outside.

• their size.

• their coverage of the sky.

The atmosphere is made up mostly of the two following gases:

• Nitrogen and Argon

• Carbon Dioxide and Oxygen

• Nitrogen and Oxygen

• Nitrogen and Carbon Dioxide

Cirrus clouds are

• clouds that cause fair weather and look like large fluffy cotton balls.

• clouds that appear across many heights in the sky.

• thin, wispy, and contain ice crystals.

• low to the ground and form layers like a blanket.

Which two types of clouds cause rain to occur?

• Altocirrus and cumulus

• Stratus and cumulus

• Cumulonimbus and stratus

• Cumulonimbus and cirrus

Plants release water vapor through a process called _____________.

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Transportation

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Surface-water flow is also known as _________.

• runoff

• precipitation

• water vapor

• ground water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ozone layer is found in what layer of the atmosphere?

• thermosphere

• mesosphere

• troposphere

• exosphere

• stratosphere

How are atmospheric layers classified?

• Altitude

• Temperature

• Density

• Air pressure