Weather and Climate Unit

Match the type of cloud with its definition.

• good weather, long, flat, stretched out

• cumulus

• bad weather cloud,starts as good weather

• nimbostratus

• good weather,white, fluffy, spaced apart

• cumulonimbus

• bad weather, dark and thick, water drops

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Come in all shapes and sizes

A cloud that is down by the ground.

• rain

• stratus

• fog

• cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fog leaves behind ...

• thunder

• lightning

• droplets of water

• gas

Why are clouds wet?

• They are made of droplets of water.

• It just rained.

• They are cold.

Why are clouds white?

• They are reflective.

• Tiny droplets of water together create white.

• They are many colors.

• They are more blue.

Choose the three states of matter.

• solid

• liquid

• gas

• marble

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

Wark water evaporates faster than cold water.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Clouds form from liquid water from the ...

• sky

• Earth

• other clouds

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Match the description to the correct cloud.

Groups:

(a) cumulus

,

(b) cumulonimbus

,

(c) stratus

,

(d) nimbostratus

• spaced apart

• sky doesn't look blue

• produce rain for possibly the entire day

• white and fluffy

• powerful winds

• blocks sunlight

• heavy rains and sometimes hail

• starts as a good cloud

• more water droplets building inside

• lasts less than an hour

• stratus that becomes darker and thicker

• blue skies

• long, flat, and stretched out

• looks greyish but doesn't mean a storm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4