Clouds/Weather Tools Quiz

True or False: Cirrus clouds often produce rain or drizzle.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is thick and puffy on top, and generally flat on the bottom. It has well-defined edges and can change shape rapidly.

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cloud 9

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Cumulus and cirrus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

• fair skies
• hot, sunny weather
• windy weather
• rainy weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What kind of clouds are most likely to produce thunderstorms?

• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• cumulus
• nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are the closest to the ground. Their name means layer- or sheet like. They bring rain or snow and cover most of the sky. 

• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cumulus

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

When are you most likely to see cumulus clouds?

• On a foggy day
• On a rainy day
• Before a thunderstorm
• On a sunny day

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Fog is what type of cloud?

• Stratus
• Cumulus
• Cirrus
• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightening, and sometimes hail.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A rain gauge measures what?

• Air pressure
• Wind speed
  wind speed
• Amount of rain fall
• Wind direction