Unit 8: 🌦️Clouds and Precipitation

Water falling back to Earth from the atmosphere is called:

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• sublimation

• mastication

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term "nimbo" associated with?

• precipitation

• density

• color

• temperature

• altitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Bergeron Process

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(b) Collision-Coalescence

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(c) Both

• Occurs in cold clouds

• Involces water droplets growing larger

• Leads to precipitation

• Involves ice crystals growing larger

• Occurs in warm clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following:

• Glaze

• 
• Rain

• 
• Hail

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• S

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• Snow

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Rain clouds

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(b) NOT associated with rain

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Hail

,

(b) Snow

,

(c) Glaze

,

(d) Sleet

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• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Identify the type of precipitation:

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

• Glaze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Identify the type of precipitation:

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

• Glaze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Identify the type of precipitation:

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

• Glaze

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Identify the process of precipitation formation:

• Bergeron process

• Advection

• Collision coalescence

• Convection

• Radiation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4