Cloud Vocabulary: Test 11/14

What is the definition of 'Cloud'?

• Water that falls from clouds such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Big, fluffy white clouds that look like cotton balls; nice weather clouds.

• A group of tiny water drops or ice crystals floating in the air.

• A dark rain cloud that brings storms.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fill in the blank: ______ is water that falls from clouds such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which type of cloud is described as 'Big, fluffy white clouds that look like cotton balls; nice weather clouds'?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Nimbus

What is the definition of 'Stratus'?

• Flat, gray clouds that cover the sky like a blanket; often bring drizzle.

• Thin, wispy clouds high in the sky; they mean fair weather or change.

• A cloud that forms close to the ground.

• The layer of air and gases surrounding Earth.

Fill in the blank: ______ are thin, wispy clouds high in the sky; they mean fair weather or change.

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which word matches the definition: 'A dark rain cloud that brings storms'?

• Nimbus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fill in the blank: ______ is a cloud that forms close to the ground.

• Fog

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

What is the definition of 'Atmosphere'?

• The layer of air and gases surrounding Earth.

• A group of tiny water drops or ice crystals floating in the air.

• Water that falls from clouds such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Big, fluffy white clouds that look like cotton balls; nice weather clouds.