Mystery Science Stormy Skies Unit Test Review

True or False:

The difference between a stratus cloud and a stratonimbus cloud is that a stratonimbus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, and causes rain.

• True

• False

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Choose 2:

Which clouds are storm clouds?

• stratus clouds

• stratonimbus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• cumulonimbus clouds

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True or False:

Stratonimbus storms usually cause rain all day long because the clouds are very wide so they spend a long time over one area.

• True

• False

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Storms from stratonimbus clouds last a long time because the clouds are very ___________.

• short

• tall

• wide

True or False:

Tropical climate zones are very wet and humid because sunbeams shine directly on them, causing more water evaporation and rainfall.

• True

• False

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What are the 3 steps to forming a cloud?

• there is liquid water on the surface of the earth (ocean, puddle)

• tiny droplets of water in the sky form clouds

• water evaporates (water vapor) and goes into the sky

• smoke forms in the sky to make a cloud shape

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Animals who live in the polar climates would need these 2 things to survive:

• no fur

• blubber (fat)

• thick fur

In what climate do trees lose their leaves in the fall (where we live)?

• polar

• mild

• tropical

• temperate

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What climate zone do we live in?

• polar

• tropical

• desert

• temperate

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True or false:

Some animals hibernate in winter and wake up in the spring in temperate climates (where we live).

• true

• false