Precipitation and Clouds

The highest clouds; form from ice crystals when liquid water cools below zero degrees Celsius.

• Stratus clouds

• Cumulus clouds

• Cirrus clouds

• Fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Puffy clouds; water droplets at middle altitudes

• Stratus clouds

• Cumulus clouds

• Cirrus clouds

• Fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Layers of clouds; lower altitudes, from water droplets

• Stratus clouds

• Fog

• Cumulus clouds

• Cirrus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Forms when the temperature near the ground is very low.

• cirrus clouds

• stratus clouds

• cumulus clouds

• fog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water vapor turns directly to solid ice crystals and fall to Earth

• sleet

• rain

• snow

• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water droplets freeze as it bumps into pieces of ice. Very strong winds push the droplets upwards again. They get bigger...

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When raindrops fall through a layer of very cold air near the ground. Some drops (but not all) change into ice...

• snow

• hail

• sleet

• rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

A gauge with millimeters (mm) is used to...

• measure rain

• measure snow

• measure how tall students are

• measure the size of hail stones

Cool, dry air

Dry, clear weather

• Low pressure system

• High Pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Warm, humid air

Brings clouds and precipitation

• Low pressure system

• High pressure system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6