Weather Quiz Review

What is the name of this type of cloud?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Fog

In order for clouds to form, water vapor rises, condenses, and latches (attaches) to...

• The Sun

• Dust

• Ozone

• Fog

What does each type of precipitation start our as?

• Snow

• Sleet

• Freezing Rain

• Rain

A type of precipitation the forms ice crystals and accumulate.

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

A type of precipitation that can form during a thunderstorm and cause damage. 

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

Which factor cause the different types of precipitation?

• Rising

• Temperature

• Orbiting

• Running

Which factor starts the water cycle?

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Which step of the water cycle do clouds form?

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Which step of the water cycle can snow form? 

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Runoff

What is density?

• The force pushing on a surface

• Describes the mass per unit volume (how much matter)

• Water droplets falling from the clouds

• Has no definite shape