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Clouds Quiz Date:

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1. What term best describes the water vapor in the 6. If you wake up on a foggy
air? morning, what can you infer
a. Gaseous about the clouds you see
b. Liquid outside your window?
c. Solid a. They're low cumulus clouds
d. Colloidal b. They're low stratus clouds
2. What happens when the temperature of the air c. They're low nimbus clouds
cools? d. They're low cirrus clouds

a. Wind develops 7. Which term best describes cirrus clouds?

b. Condensation forms tiny water droplets a. Thick
c. It begins snowing b. Grey
d. The water in the air disappears c. Wispy
3. What are clouds made of? d. Layered

a. Molecules of pure oxygen 8. Where in the air can you find

b. A mixture of nitrogen and carbon dioxide water vapor? Choose the
c. Ozone and carbon monoxide best answer.
d. Water droplets, dust, and smoke particles

4. What do clouds made of water droplets look a. Only inside clouds

like?
a. They have fuzzy edges and are almost pure white
b. They have fuzzy edges and are grey in color
c. They have solid edges and are grey in color
d. They have solid edges and are almost pure white
5. Which of the following depicts stratus clouds?
b. Only in the form of raindrops and snowflakes
c. Only in the upper atmosphere
d. Everywhere
9. What can you conclude about cirrus clouds
from the fact that they are pure white and have
fuzzy edges?

a. b. a. They are made of ice crystals

b. They are made of water droplets
c. They are made of smoke and dust
d. They are thunderclouds

c. d. 10. Which clouds look the most like the cotton

balls Moby uses in his diorama?
a. Nimbus
b. Cumulus
c. Stratus
d. Cirrus