Clouds and Water Cycle

Which clouds spread over a large area, are layered and can produce days of light precipitation?

• cumulus

• nimbus

• cirrus

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cirrus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

Clouds form during the process of...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

These clouds can produce severe thunderstorms.

• Altocumulus

• Cirrostratus

• Nimbostratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What must occur before clouds can form?

• water vapor must get warmer

• water vapor must lose heat energy

• precipitation must begin to fall and run off

• transpiration must add water vapor to the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What can make water evaporate from a body of water?

• random movement of the molecules causes some to espcape

• decreasing temperature

• the sun goes away

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which clouds can signal nice weather is on the way?

• Nimbus, stratus 

• Cumulus, cirrus

•  Cirrus, stratus

•  Alto, cumulus

Which cloud type forms higher than the others, and can indicate a coming warm front?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• nimbus

• stratus

What energy causes water to evaporate or transpire?

• Chemical 

• Thermal

• Mechanical

• Potential

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When temperatures are below freezing, water vapor will condense directly from gas to ice crystals.  What is this called?

• precipitation 

• crystallization

• transpiration 

• collection

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4