Clouds and Precipitation

Which type of cloud is this?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of cloud is this?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of cloud is this?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of cloud is this?

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

That Latin root "alto" means _________.

• precipitation

• high altitude

• low altitude

• middle altitude

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?

• Hail
• Sleet
• Rain
• Snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

For snow to fall, the air temperature must be what?

• Above 0 degrees celsius
• Below 0 degrees celsius
• Freezing
• Warmer at the ground than high in the air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How is sleet formed?

• Snowflakes fall, go through an area of cold air and turns into sleet before hitting the ground.

• Rain falls, freezes in an area of cold air above the ground to make sleet.

• Snowflakes fall and are melted a bit by warm air near the ground.

• Sleet is not real.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Hail can usually only happen in which season?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

Tags

NGSS.3-ESS2-1

________________________ is the only type of precipitation to fall as water but freezes when it hits a cold surface.

• Sleet

• Freezing rain

• Hail

• Snow