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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals
a)
cumulus cloud
b)
stratus cloud
c)
cirrus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
2.
What are the three classes of clouds based on altitude (how high in the sky something is)?
a)
cirrus, nimbus, cumulus
b)
low, middle, high, vertically
c)
troposphere, stratosphere, thermosphere
d)
classes of clouds are not based on altitude
3.
This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined
a)
cirrus cloud
b)
cumulus cloud
c)
stratus cloud
d)
cumulonimbus cloud
4.
what type of cloud is shown?
a)
cumulus
b)
cirrus
c)
stratus
5.
How do clouds form?
a)
Liquid water is heated and evaporates and becomes water vapor in the atmosphere.
b)
Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to become tiny liquid water droplets in the atmosphere.
c)
Tiny liquid water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.
6.
Cirrus clouds mean ...
a)
fair weather (nice)
b)
thunderstorms
c)
rain/storms coming
d)
long periods of rain
7.
Cumulonimbus clouds are associated with _________ weather.
a)
rainy
b)
snowy
c)
fair
d)
stormy
8.
_______ look like cotton balls.
a)
stratus
b)
cirrus
c)
cumulus
d)
cumulonimbus
9.
Which clouds form near the ground?
a)
Fog
b)
Cirrocumulus
c)
Nimbostratus
d)
Altocumulus
10.
Clouds form in which step of the Water Cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Run Off
11.
Nimbus is a prefix that means...
a)
fair
b)
rain
c)
sun
d)
snow
12.
The phase change from water vapor to liquid water is known as:
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
sublimation
13.
The amount of water vapor in the air
a)
condensation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Saturated
d)
Humidity
14.
Air can become saturated when water vapor is added to the air through
a)
precipitation
b)
condensation
c)
evaporation
15.
Thunderstorm clouds that produce precipitation, thunder, and lighting are called_____ clouds
a)
nimbostratus
b)
cumulonimbus
c)
cumulus
d)
stratus
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