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Changes of state and the weather

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How do clouds form?
a)

Moving air hits a mountain and is forced to rise. It cools and water droplets condense out.

b)
Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to become tiny liquid water droplets in the atmosphere.
c)

Warm air meets a mass of cold air. This forces the warm air to rise. The cooling produces water droplets.

d)

All of the options

2.

What kind of cloud do you see pictured here?

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

3.

What kind of cloud do you see pictured here?

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

4.

What kind of cloud do you see pictured here?

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

5.

What kind of cloud do you see pictured here?

a)

cirrus

b)

stratus

c)

cumulus

d)

cumulonimbus

6.

Cirrus clouds are ________________.

a)

smooth, gray clouds

b)

fluffy, white clouds

c)

thin, feathery clouds

d)

tall, dark storm clouds

7.

Stratus clouds are _______________.

a)

fluffy, white clouds

b)

smooth, gray clouds that cover the whole sky

c)

thin,feathery clouds

d)

tall, dark storm clouds

8.

Cumulus clouds are _____________.

a)

fluffy, white clouds with flat bottoms

b)

thin, feathery clouds

c)

smooth, gray clouds

d)

tall, dark storm clouds

9.

Cumulonimbus clouds are ____________.

a)

tall, dark storm clouds

b)

fluffy, white clouds

c)

smooth, gray clouds

d)

thin, feathery clouds

10.

Which cloud produces light rain or drizzle?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

11.

Which cloud may produce thunderstorms?

a)

cumulonimbus

b)

stratus

c)

cirrus

d)

cumulus

12.

Which cloud means there is fair weather?

a)

cirrus

b)

cumulus

c)

cumulonimbus

d)

stratus

13.

______________ 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

14.

Which cloud means fair weather BUT rain or snow will often fall within several hours?

a)

stratus

b)

cumulus

c)

cirrus

d)

cumulonimbus

15.

____________ clouds form in layers.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus

16.

__________________ clouds are high clouds that look like feathers.

a)

Cumulus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus

17.

____________ causes water droplets to fall to Earth, this is called rain.

a)

Gravity

b)

Water Dropets

c)

Rain

d)

Precipitation

18.
What type of cloud is this?
a)
Cumulonimbus
b)
Cirrus
c)
Nimbus
d)
Stratus