Gr2 Q4 Clouds

Which type of cloud is described as being the highest clouds in the sky and thin, feathery and wispy?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

• nimbus

Which type of cloud is white and puffy like pieces of floating cotton?

• cirrus

• cumulus

• stratus

• nimbus

Which type of cloud is low lying, flat sheets of clouds, usually uniform color of gray, and covers most of the sky? They look like fog that doesn't reach the ground.

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• nimbus

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What do nimbus clouds look like?

• light and long

• purple

• puffy and white

• dark and gray

Picture this:

You are on a walk with your family. Your parents are looking at the clouds and have determined that there will be a huge thunderstorm later that day.

You look at the sky and it is filled with cumulus clouds, which are puffy and white.

How do you reply to your parent's remark?

• Cumulus clouds, which are puffy and white, mean "fair-weather" and that means that it will probably NOT rain.

• You are right, cumulus clouds mean lots of thunderstorms!

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which clouds carry huge amounts of droplets of water, that come down in the form of rain?

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• nimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of clouds are shown in the picture below?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• nimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds may bring thunderstorms.

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds may produce steady rain.

• cumulus

• cirrus

• nimbostratus

• cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

They are made of ice crystals and are the highest clouds in the sky.

• stratus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• cirrus clouds