Lesson 15: Mastery Check

Match the following cloud types with their descriptions.

• Thin, wispy clouds high in the sky

• stratus

• Fluffy, white clouds with a flat base

• cirrus

• Layered clouds covering the sky

• cumulus

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following cloud types with their descriptions.

• Low, gray clouds covering the sky like a blanket

• stratus

• Thin, wispy clouds high in the sky

• cumulus

• Tall, towering clouds often associated with thunderstorms

• cumulonimbus

• Fluffy, white clouds with a flat base

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are wispy or curly, white, thin & feather-like: (a)  

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

These clouds bring rainy or overcast weather.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightning, and sometimes hail. The type of cloud is (a)   .

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are puffy and white and sometimes appear to have a flat bottom.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

How are cirrus clouds described?

• Thick and gray clouds

• Bright white and puffy clouds

• Thin and wispy clouds

• Low to the ground and flat clouds