Measuring Weather and Clouds

Which cloud type is cloud #1?

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud type is cloud #2?

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud type is cloud #3?

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud type is cloud #4?

• cumulus

• fog

• stratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud type is cloud #5?

• cumulus

• fog

• stratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If the cloud name says nimbo or nimbus, what does that mean?

• The cloud is fast moving.

• The cloud is made of ice crystals.

• The cloud is a rain cloud.

• The cloud is on the ground.

Which characteristics describe a stratus cloud?

• low, gray, layered cloud, covers the whole sky like a blanket

• high, feathery, blown apart by the wind, change of weather cloud

• white, flat bottoms, piled high, puffy, fair weather clouds

• piled high rain cloud, called "Thunderhead", can produce storms

Which characteristics describe a cumulonimbus cloud?

• low, gray, layered cloud, covers the whole sky like a blanket

• high, feathery, blown apart by the wind, change of weather cloud

• white, flat bottoms, piled high, puffy, fair weather clouds

• piled high rain cloud, called "Thunderhead", can produce storms

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which characteristics describe a cirrus cloud?

• low, gray, layered cloud, covers the whole sky like a blanket

• high, feathery, blown apart by the wind, change of weather cloud

• white, flat bottoms, piled high, puffy, fair weather clouds

• piled high rain cloud, called "Thunderhead", can produce storms

Which characteristics describe a cumulus cloud?

• low, gray, layered cloud, covers the whole sky like a blanket

• high, feathery, blown apart by the wind, change of weather cloud

• white, flat bottoms, piled high, puffy, fair weather clouds

• piled high rain cloud, called "Thunderhead", can produce storms