Cloud

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

• cirrus cloud

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do clouds form?

• Liquid water is heated and evaporates and becomes water vapor in the atmosphere.

• Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to become tiny liquid water droplets in the atmosphere.

• Tiny liquid water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_______ look like cotton balls. 

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

Thunderstorm clouds that produce precipitation, thunder, and lighting are called_____ clouds

• nimbostratus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are the three classes of clouds based on altitude (how high in the sky something is)?

• cirrus, nimbus, cumulus

• low, middle, high, vertically

• troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere

• classes of clouds are not based on altitude

Cirrus clouds mean ...

• fair weather (nice)

• thunderstorms

• rain/storms coming

• long periods of rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with _________ weather. 

• rainy

• snowy

• fair

• stormy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which clouds form near the ground?

• Fog

• Cirrocumulus

• Nimbostratus 

• Altocumulus 

Clouds form in which step of the Water Cycle?

• Evaporation

• Condensation 

• Precipitation 

• Run Off

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4