Air Pressure and Clouds Test

Put the steps of cloud formation in order

• Millions of water droplets combine to form a cloud

• Air is cooled

• Water on Earth's surface evaporates

• Water vapor condenses

• Warm air rises into the air, carrying water vapor with it

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Air pressure is ____.

• the temperature of the air

• the force of air pressing down on an object

• The speed of the air moving in a certain direction

• the amount of moisture in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Areas with higher temperatures have​ (a)   pressures as ares with colder temperatures. This is because warm air is ​ (b)   dense than cooler air.

• lower
• higher
• the same
• less
• more

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

The cloud labeled D is a _____ cloud.

• cumulus

• stratus

• altostratus

• altocumulus

• contrail

The cloud labeled E is a _____ cloud.

• cumulus

• stratus

• altostratus

• altocumulus

• contrail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud is a cumulonimbus cloud?

• J

• G

• I

• F

• H

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of cloud is represented by the letter C?

• altocumulus

• stratus

• cirrocumulus

• stratocumulus

• altostratus

Match the root word to its meaning

• mid

• alto

• rain

• nimbo

• layered

• cirro

• curl or high

• cumulo

• heaps

• strato

All high-level clouds have the root word ______ in their name.

• cirro

• strato

• cumulo

• nimbo

• alto

The three main types of clouds are listed below. Match the type of cloud to its description.

• spread across the sky like a blanket

• cirrus

• puffy clouds

• cumulus

• thin and wispy

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4