Clouds
Water Cycle
Weather and the Atmosphere
Precipitation
100
Cirrus clouds are


white and _____

feathery 

100

True or False (Yes or no)

The water cycle affects weather and living things

True (yes)

100

Weather is

A) the condition of the air around us

B) something to do with the ocean

C) Makes the volcano active

D) oxygen and nitrogen

A) the condition of the air around us

100

When rain/sleet/hail/snow falls to earth is called

precipitation

200

cumulus clouds look like

piles of ______

cotton

200
Do we get new water when it rains?

No

The water cycle USES the water again. 

200
Earth is surrounded by a blanket of air called


A) oxygen

B) Nitrogen
C) atmosphere

D) rain

C) atmosphere

200

Precipitation happens when cloud droplets or ice crystals become too _____.

A. Heavy

B. Light

C. Windy

D. Sunny

Heavy


300

stratus clouds(gray) often mean that _____ or ____ is coming

rain and snow

300

The sun heats water on Earth and changes it from liquid to gas is called

A) water vapor

B) condensation

C) Rain

D Hail

A) water vapor

300

The layer of atmosphere closest to Earth is the

A) troposphere

B) Stratosphere

C)Mesosphere

D)exosphere

A) troposphere

300
True or False


All snowflakes look the same.

False

Every snowflake looks different

 

400

_____ means a cloud is heavy and dark and will bring rain.

A) fog

B) nimbus

c)Cumulus

D Cirrus

B) nimbus

400

The first step of the water cycle involves the

A) moon

B) snow

C) Sun

D) Ocean

C) Sun

400
What keeps most of the sun's harmful radiation from reaching Earth?

A) Clouds

B) Ozone

C) oxygen

D) carbon dioxide

B) Ozone

400

The smell after it rains is called

A. Dew

B. Acid Rain

C. Petrichor

D. frost

C. Petrichor

500

a stratus cloud that forms on the GROUND is called

fog
500

It is _______ that dries a puddle in the sun.

A) evaporation

B) rain or snow

C) atmosphere

D) condensation

A) evaporation

500

What atmosphere layer has the Ozone?

A) mesosphere

B) stratosphere

C) troposphere

D)Exosphere

B) stratosphere

500

Petrichor happens because plants release oils and _______.

A. Chemicals

B. frost

C. Dew

D. Water

Petrichor happens because plants release oils and

chemicals.

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