Precipitation and Clouds

______ is an affix added to names of clouds to indicate precipitation or rain.

• "Dis-"

• "Cumulo-"

• "Nimbo-"

• "Cirro-"

For snow to fall, the air temperature must be what?

• Above 0 degrees celsius

• Below 0 degrees celsius

• Freezing

• Warmer at the ground than high in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How is sleet formed?

• Snowflakes fall, go through an area of cold air and turns into sleet before hitting the ground.

• Rain falls, freezes in an area of cold air above the ground to make sleet.

• Snowflakes fall and are melted a bit by warm air near the ground.

• Sleet is not real.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

________________________ is the only type of precipitation to fall as water but freezes when it hits a cold surface.

• Sleet

• Freezing rain

• Hail

• Snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

________________ are two conditions are required for cloud formation?

• High humidity & warm temperatures

• High humidity & cool temperatures

• Warm temperatures & the presence of particles

• Cool temperatures & the presence of particles

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

____________________ is a round pellet of ice that only forms in cumulonimbus clouds.

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

• Freezing rain

________ clouds are wispy, feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

______ is a form of precipitation that falls from clouds and hits the ground in the form of ice crystals.

• Rain

• Sleet

• Hail

• Snow

The root word "cirro" describes a ______ cloud.

• high

• low

• vertical

• flat

Hail can usually only happen in which season?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall