Atmospheric Science Quiz Review

This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The temperature at which water vapor condenses is the 

• relative humidity
• humidity
• freezing point
• dew point

This type of cloud is flat layers and the edges are not clearly defined

• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

• fair skies
• hot, sunny weather
• windy weather
• rainy weather

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus

True or False: Cirrus clouds often produce rain or drizzle.

• True
• False

What does "nimbus" mean in Latin?

• Rain
• Curl
• Heap
• Spread out

What type of cloud is this?

• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Nimbus
• Stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The only cloud that can produce thunder, lighting and hail

• nimbostratus
• cirrus
• cumulonimbus
• stratocumulus