Quiz 5-C 5th Grade

forms from condensed water vapor or ice crystals

• cloud

• humidity

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground

• cloud

• humidity

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water vapor in the atmosphere

• cloud

• humidity

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The prefix that is added to the names of some clouds to show that clouds produce precipitation is (a)   .

• alto-

• nimbo-
• cirrus-

The prefix that is added to the names of some clouds to show that clouds are part of the middle altitude is (a)   .

• alto-

• nimbo-

• cirrus-

Raindrops that are pushed up over and over again into tall clouds and freeze before falling to the earth form _____.

• freezing rain

• snow

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Raindrops that freeze on their way to the earth and land as tiny ice pellets form _____.

• freezing rain

• sleet

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth form ____.

• snow

• sleet

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Raindrops that fall from warm air when the surface of the earth is below freezing, causing the raindrops to freeze as they hit the earth, form ___.

• snow

• freezing rain

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Water droplets in the clouds that join together to make larger drops form ____.

• rain

• freezing rain

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1