E&S 8

Flat, grey layered clouds not far off the ground are what type of clouds?

• cumulus

• altostratus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_____________ is when rain freezes before it hits the ground.

• freezing rain

• sleet

• snow

• hail

What type of air mass is cold?

• maritime

• polar

• continental

• tropical

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The process of rain forming from melted snowflakes occurs in which process?

• Sublimation-depostion

• Bergeron-Findeisen

• Hadley-Ferrell

• Collision-coalescence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following

• continental

• warm air mass

• polar

• cold air mass

• maritime

• air mass over water

• tropical

• air mass over land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of air mass is moist and warm?

• maritime polar

• maritime tropical

• continental tropical

• continental polar

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following cloud types.

• cumulonimbus

• thunderstorm

• cirrus

• most common high-level

• lenticular

• flat, grey, layered

• stratus

• lens shaped

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the term for the state of the atmosphere at any given time?

• meterology

• weather

• climate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following terms

• evaporation

• liquid to water vapor

• melting

• solid to liquid

• freezing

• liquid to solid

• condensation

• water vapor to liquid

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Match the following types of precipitation

• drizzle

• ice crystals, usually geometric

• hail

• small drops of liquid water

• snow

• large drops of liquid water

• rain

• layers of glaze and rime