Weather Review

What type of clouds are fluffy and white with flat bottoms?

• Stratus Clouds

• Cirrus Clouds

• Cumulus Clouds

Differences in air pressure cause wind.

• True

• False

____ is how hot or cold something is.

• temperature

• humidity

• altitude

• wind speed

If the temperature is 30°F, in which form will precipitation most likely be?

• fog
• hail
• rain
• snow

 A type of cloud that does NOT lead to precipitation.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Humidity

• Cumulonimbus

The amount of water vapor in the air

• precipitation

• rain

• humidity

• elevation

A form of precipitation where water falls back to Earth in its solid almost liquid state as a mixture of snow and rain (icy droplets.)

• Hail

• Sleet

• Rain

• Snow

A degree of hotness or coldness that can be measured using a thermometer. 

• temperature

• weather

• heat

• wind

When the Sun does not shine directly on every spot on Earth, and the way sunlight reaches different places makes some areas hotter and some colder.

• Uneven heating

• humidity

• precipitation

• temperature

__________________ clouds are high clouds that look like feathers.

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus