
Precipitation and Clouds
Authored by Lisa Thompson
Science
5th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
______ is an affix added to names of clouds to indicate precipitation or rain.
"Dis-"
"Cumulo-"
"Nimbo-"
"Cirro-"
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
________________________ 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
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
________________ 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
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-5
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
____________________ is a round pellet of ice that only forms in cumulonimbus clouds.
Sleet
Snow
Hail
Freezing rain
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
________ clouds are wispy, feathery clouds made mostly of ice crystals that form at high levels.
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulus
Cumulonimbus
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