Clouds and Weather

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

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

What are the four classes of clouds based on altitude?

• cirrus, nimbus, stratus, cumulus
• low, middle, high, vertically developed
•  troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere , thermosphere
• classes of clouds are not based on altitude

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is thick and puffy on top, and generally flat on the bottom. It has well-defined edges and can change shape rapidly.

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cloud 9

Why doesn't cloud formation take place until the dew-point temperature is reached?

• because dew-point is the temperature at which water vapor condenses into water droplets
• cloud formation can take place at any temperature, and does not depend on the dew-point temerature
• because water sublimates at the dew-point temperature
• the dew-point temperature only applies on Earth's surface, not in the atmosphere

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

Cumulus and cirrus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following is an example of a cloud of vertical development?

• nimbostratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• stratus cloud

Meteorologists study changes in clouds and weather data to help them make weather predictions.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Layered clouds that often cover much of the sky are called 

• stratus
• cumulus
• cirrus
• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5