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clouds 2022-23

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of clouds are white and feathery?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

2.

What type of clouds are smooth, gray, and blanket-like?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

3.

What type of clouds are white and fluffy?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

4.

What type of clouds indicate big storms and lots of rain?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

5.

What type of clouds are these?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

6.

What type of clouds are these?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

7.

What type of clouds are these?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

8.

What type of clouds are these?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cumulus

9.

Which best explains why it is important for people to be able to identify cumulonimbus clouds?

a)

Cumulonimbus clouds can cause mild showers

b)

Cumulonimbus clouds can cause severe thunderstorms

c)

Cumulonimbus clouds can form near the Earth's surface, causing fog

d)

Cumulonimbus clouds form when the temperature is below freezing.

10.

A class observes high, feathery clouds during their data collection. Which student's conclusion is most reasonable?

a)

Anita says the feathery clouds are rain clouds, and it will rain in the next few hours.

b)

Stacy says the feathery clouds will remain stationary and bring no rain in the next few days.

c)

Thomas says high clouds mean skies are clearning and there will be sunny skies the next few days.

d)

John says high clouds mean a front is coming and will bring clouds and rain in the next few days.

11.

On a hot summer afternoon, the wind speed increases and large dark clouds begin to form. Which weather conditions are most likely to occur?

a)

clear skies

b)

low winds

c)

freezing rain

d)

thunderstorms

12.

Blake's afternoon baseball game should start soon, but he is worried that it will be canceled due to the weather. The sky is overcast with cumulonimbus clouds. Which will most likely happen to Blake's baseball game?

a)

It will be played as expected because the clouds will leave the area soon

b)

It will be played in the afternoon because it will hail for the rest of the day.

c)

It will be postponed until evening because there will be an afternoon thunderstorm

d)

It will be canceled and rescheduled for the next day because it will rain for the rest of the day.

13.

This is the process of liquid changing to gas (think hot sun on water).

a)

Seahawk nation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

14.

This is a large group of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals together.

a)

A tornado

b)

A cloud

c)

A hurricane

d)

Wind

15.

These clouds are very common and are thin, white, whispy and form high in the sky.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Alto

c)

Stratus

d)

Cirrus

16.

These clouds are flat sheets of Gray and they cover the lower sky. They often bring rain and can be puffy at times. Fog is another type of these clouds.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Alto

c)

Cirrus

d)

Stratus

17.

These clouds are very dramatic looking and look like big puffs of cotton that are flat on the bottom and fluffy on top. They usually predict nice weather but if they grow tall in the sky and the fluffy top flattens out they will become thunderstorm clouds.

a)

Stratus

b)

Alto

c)

Cumulus

d)

Cirrus

18.

______________ forms when water vapor cools and condenses around particles of dust and smoke to make tiny water droplets that gather together.

a)

Clouds

b)

Fog

c)

Ice Crystals

d)

Water Vapor

19.

___________ clouds look the most like cotton balls. They're puffy and white with flat bottoms.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus

20.

Fog is made of low ____________ clouds.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus

21.

____________ clouds are wispy and feather-like clouds.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus

22.

__________________ clouds are low clouds that look like bed sheets covering the sky.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus