Science Ch. 5 Test

_____ usually falls during cold weather.

• rain

• hail

• sleet

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Raindrops that are pushed up over and over again into tall clouds and freeze before falling to the earth form _____.

• hail

• sleet

• snow

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Condensed water vapor or ice crystals form _____.

• rain

• clouds

• snow

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Raindrops that freeze on their way to the earth and land as tiny ice pellets form _____.

• clouds

• rain

• sleet

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Water droplets in the clouds that join together to make larger drops form _____.

• rain

• snow

• sleet

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Ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth form _____.

• clouds

• snow

• rain

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A body of air that has about the same temperature and moisture is called an _____.

• atmosphere

• air mass

• thermosphere

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The boundary where two unlike air masses meet is called a _____.

• cloud

• stratosphere

• front

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The thin blanket of gases and dust particles that surrounds the earth is called the atmosphere.

• True

• False

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The weight of the air is called altitude.

• True

• False