Weather Vocabulary #1 Question Preview (ID: 35211)


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cirrus
a) white, puffy, fair weather, low to medium level
b) thunderhead, thunderstorm, low to high level, precipitation, tall
c) wispy, feathery, high level, fair weather, made of ice crystals
d) stretched out, low level, rain

stratus cloud
a) stretched out, low level, rain
b) wispy, feathery, high level, made of ice crystals, fair weather
c) white, puffy, low to medium level, fair weather
d) thunderhead, thunderstorms, precipitation, low to high level, tall

nimbostratus
a) white puffy cloud, low to medium level, fair weather
b) grey blanket covering the sky, rain or snow, low level cloud
c) thunderhead, thunderstorms, precipitation, low to high level cloud
d) wispy, feathery, made of ice crystals, high level, fair weather

cumulonimbus cloud
a) wispy, feathery, high level, fair weather
b) stretched out, rain
c) thunderhead, thunderstorms, precipitation, tall, low to high level
d) grey blanket covering the sky, rain or snow, low level

cumulus cloud
a) white puffy cloud, fair weather, found at low to medium levels
b) thunderhead cloud, thunderstorms, precipitation, tall, low to high level
c) wispy, feathery, fair weather, high levels, made of ice crystals
d) stretched out, rain cloud

surface runoff
a) excess water evaporating from a plant
b) water running along the surface of Earth and returning to a body of water.
c) water is heated by the sun and changes into a vapor rising into the air.
d) vapor is cooled changing back into a liquid as water droplets forming a cloud

ground runoff
a) any form of liquid falling from a cloud to Earth's surfacce
b) water soaking into the ground and returning to a body of water
c) excess water evaporating from a plant
d) water is heated by the sun changing into a vapor and rising into the air

evaporation
a) water is heated by the sun changing into a vapor and rising into the air
b) vapor cools and changes back into a liquid as water droplets forming a cloud
c) any form of water falling from a cloud to Earth's surface
d) excess water evaporating from a plant

condensation
a) excess water is evaporated from plant
b) vapor is cooled and changes back into a liquid as water droplets forming a cloud
c) water is heated by the sun and changes into a vapor rising into the air
d) any form of water falling from a cloud to Earth's surface

precipitation
a) any form of water falling from a cloud to Earth's surface
b) water is heated by the sun and changes into a vapor rising into the air.
c) water runs along the surface of Earth to return to a body of water
d) water soaks into the ground and returns to a body of water

Exosphere
a) weather occurs here, life, closest layer to Earth, most air pressure
b) coldest layer, middle layer, meteors burn here
c) extends into outer space, satellites orbit here
d) contains the ozone layer, weather balloons pop

Thermosphere
a) coldest layer, meteors burn here, middle layer
b) hottest layer, space shuttles orbit here
c) weather occurs here, life, most air pressure, closest layer to Earth
d) contains the ozone layer, weather balloons pop

Mesosphere
a) hottest layer, shuttles orbit here
b) coldest layer, middle layer, meteors burn here
c) weather occurs here, closest layer to Earth, life, most air pressure
d) extends into outer space, least amount of air pressure

Stratosphere
a) 1st layer, life, weather occurs here, most air pressure
b) hottest layer, shuttles orbit here
c) contains ozone layer, weather balloons pop
d) coldest layer, meteors burn here, middle layer

Troposphere
a) Closest layer to Earth, life, weather occurs here, most air pressure
b) contains the ozone layer, weather balloons pop
c) hottest layer, shuttles orbit here
d) coldest layer, middle layer, meteors burn here

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