Elements of Weather

What are clouds?

• Clouds are a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that suspended in the air.

• Clouds are a collection of small snow droplets crystals that suspended in the air.

• Clouds are a collection of vapor or ice crystals that suspended in the air.

• Clouds are a collection of air that suspended in the sky.

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All precipitation comes from clouds

• Some times

• True

• False

• Never

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Not all clouds produce precipitation

• False

• Sometimes

• True

• Never

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How do clouds form?

• Clouds form when water liquid heats up.

• Clouds form when water vapor freezes.

• Clouds form when water liquid condenses.

• Clouds form when water vapor condenses.

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What 2 conditions need to happen for clouds to form?

• First, the air must be warm up to its dew point. Second, there must be sun light on which water molecules can condense, such as a particle of dust or smoke.

• First, the air must be cooled to its dew point. Second, there must be a solid surface on which water molecules can condense, such as a particle of dust or smoke.

• First, the air must be cooled to its dew point. First, there must be a solid surface on which water molecules can condense, such as a particle of dust or smoke. Second, the air must be cooled to its dew point.

• First, the air must be cooled to its dew point. Second, the sun light needs to warm it up for the water molecules to evaporate.

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What are the three classes of clouds?

• stratus, cumulus, and cirrus

• fluffy, spread out, and high clouds

• stratus, cumulus, and fluffy

• elongated, cumulus, and cirrus

What are stratus clouds?

• lowest cloud types in the atmosphere, thin, flat, gray and have misty rain or drizzle associated with them

• highest cloud types in the atmosphere, wide, heavy, gray and have misty rain or drizzle associated with them

• middle cloud types in the atmosphere, thin, flat, dark and have heavy rain or drizzle associated with them

• lowest cloud types in the atmosphere, thin, flat, gray and have heavy rain or no rain associated with them

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Fog is a type of ...

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cirrus cloud

What are cumulus clouds?

• lowest cloud types in the atmosphere, thin, flat, gray and have misty rain or drizzle associated with them

• highest cloud types in the atmosphere, wide, heavy, gray and have misty rain or drizzle associated with them

• thick and puffy on top and flat on the bottom; some will tower high into atmosphere where winds flatten the top

• lowest cloud types in the atmosphere, thin, flat, gray and have heavy rain or no rain associated with them

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When cumulus clouds are bright and white ...

• cold weather is associated with them

• hot weather is associated with them

• bad weather is associated with them

• fair weather is associated with them

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