clouds

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When are you most likely to see cumulus clouds?

• On a foggy day
• On a rainy day
• Before a thunderstorm
• On a sunny day

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Fog is what type of cloud?

• Stratus
• Cumulus
• Cirrus
• Cumulonimbus

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Clouds form when...

• liquid water is heated and evaporates to become water vapor in the atmosphere.
• water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses becoming water droplets in the atmosphere
• water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of cloud is this? Causes rain or snow showers

• Nimbostratus

• Fog

• Cirrcocumulus

• Cirrostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which best explains why it is important for people to be able to identify cumulonimbus clouds?

• Cumulonimbus clouds can cause mild showers

• Cumulonimbus clouds can cause severe thunderstorms

• Cumulonimbus clouds can form near the Earth's surface, causing fog

• Cumulonimbus clouds form when the temperature is below freezing.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of cloud is most often associated with days of light, continual rain?

• cirrus

• nimbostratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Low pressure is usually associated with what type of clouds?

• cumulus

  stratus

• nimbostratus

  cumulonimbus

• nimbostratus

  circus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of cloud is usually associated with severe weather?

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• fog

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5