Final Exam (Clouds and Water Cycle)

Clouds are made up of...

• Smoke

• Water vapor

• Ash

• Ice crystals

Clouds form in the atmosphere when the temperature and ____________ are the same.

• Humidity

• Dew point

• Windiness

• Brightness

If a cloud name has the root word "cirro" in it, this may mean that the cloud is in a ________ altitude.

• Low

• Middle

• High

• Any of these

Which cloud type is characterized by a thin and wispy shape?

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Fog is considered which type of cloud?

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Select all the clouds that do NOT produce precipitation.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

What type of cloud is pictured here?

• mackerel sky

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

This cloud is called a ________ cloud and is located in _______ altitudes.

• Cirrus; low

• Cirrus; high

• Stratus; high

• Cumulus; low

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

• It causes it to boil

• It causes it to rain

• It causes it to sink

• It causes it to evaporate

When water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff