Types of Clouds

The layer of gases surrounding a planet, star, or moon is called the ________.

• Air Pressure

• Cloud

• Atmosphere

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

______ is the force that air puts on an object.

• Air Pressure

• Atmosphere

• Cloud

• Front

A visible group of water or ice particles in the atmosphere from which precipitation may fall is called _______.

• Air Pressure

• Atmosphere

• Cloud

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This type of cloud is a thin, wispy kind of cloud made of ice crystals. (Found high in the sky).

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is a white, puffy kind of cloud that sometimes turns into a storm cloud. (Found low in the sky)

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

• Stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is solid, gray kind of cloud that often covers the sky. (Found low in the sky)

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is a dark, thunderstorm kind of cloud, that might have a flat top due to high winds, and is anvil-shaped. (Can appear low, middle, and high in the sky)

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A ______ is the place where two different air masses meet.

• Cloud

• Air Pressure

• Atmosphere

• Front

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is often formed when fog lifts in the morning.

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud brings lightning, thunder, and sometimes tornadoes and other intense weather situations.

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5