Precipitation & Storms

What is precipitation?

• Water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface

• A sudden spark caused by electrical charges in the atmosphere

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that touches Earth's surface

• A violent winter storm characterized by freezing temperatures and blowing snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is snow?

• Water falling in liquid drops from vapor condensed into clouds

• A solid form of precipitation composed of ice crystals

• Clear ice pellets that form when rain falls through a layer of freezing air

• Layered ice pellets that form from cumulonimbus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is sleet?

• Water falling in liquid drops from vapor condensed into clouds

• A solid form of precipitation composed of ice crystals

• Clear ice pellets that form when rain falls through a layer of freezing air

• Layered ice pellets that form from cumulonimbus clouds

What is freezing rain?

• Water falling in liquid drops from vapor condensed into clouds

• A solid form of precipitation composed of ice crystals

• Clear ice pellets that form when rain falls through a layer of freezing air

• Raindrops that freeze after they hit the ground or other cold surfaces

What are cumulonimbus clouds?

• Heaping, dark clouds that often produce thunderstorms and often have an anvil shape

• Dark, low, layered clouds that usually produce light to heavy, continuous rain

• A large, severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface from a supercell thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are nimbostratus clouds?

• Heaping, dark clouds that often produce thunderstorms and often have an anvil shape

• Dark, low, layered clouds that usually produce light to heavy, continuous rain

• A large, severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface from a supercell thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is lightning?

• A sudden spark caused by electrical charges in the atmosphere

• A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

• A large, severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface from a supercell thunderstorm

What is thunder?

• A sudden spark caused by electrical charges in the atmosphere

• A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

• A large, severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface from a supercell thunderstorm

What is a hurricane?

• A sudden spark caused by electrical charges in the atmosphere

• A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

• A large, severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface from a supercell thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a tornado?

• A sudden spark caused by electrical charges in the atmosphere

• A booming or crashing noise caused by air expanding along the path of a bolt of lightning

• A large, severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center

• A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface from a supercell thunderstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2