Cloud Types Quiz

"Nimbus" means ___________ in Latin

• Thunder

• Rain

• Humidity

• Cloud

Puffy, white, cotton ball-like

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• cumulus

Blanket-like layers

• cumulus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fog is a _________ cloud that is close to the ground

• vapor

• cumulus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

The "wispy" cloud type pictured here

• cirrus

• cumulus

• nimbus

• stratosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Tall, dark, and brings stormy weather

• cirrus

• stratus

• barometric pressure

• cumulonimbus

The type of cloud pictured here

• nimbus

• stratus

• stratonimbus

• cumulocirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Meteorologists use clouds to help them do this!

• Predict the weather

• Measure wind speed

• Report daily temperatures

• Decide when the seasons change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Clouds are mostly made of this!

• Sunlight

• Underground reservoirs

• Atmospheric pressure

• Tiny droplets of water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The cloud type pictured here

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5