Clouds Quizziz Quiz!

Clouds are classified by altitude and precipitation types.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of cloud is white and puffy?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Clouds form during the process of...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Name two types of low level clouds

• Altostratus and Altocumulus

• Cirrus and Cumulus

• Cirrocumulus and Cumulonimbus

• Stratus and Nimbostratus

Which statement about clouds is true?

• Cumulus clouds mean a change of weather is coming in the next 24 hours.

• There is only one kind of cloud in the sky at a time.

• Fog is not a cloud.

• Cirrus clouds are the highest in the sky.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What are clouds made out of?

• Molecules of pure oxygen

• ozone and carbon dioxide

• water droplets and/or ice

• 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Clouds with the prefix "alto" are...

• high altitude clouds

• low altitude clouds

• middle altitude clouds

This type of cloud is flat layers and the edges are not clearly defined

• cirrus cloud
• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

• fair skies
• hot, sunny weather
• windy weather
• rainy weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5