Unit 3: Clouds Question Preview (ID: 21287)


From The Book: God's Design For Heaven And Earth- Our Weather Water. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

Water vapor enters the atmosphere primarily through what?
a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Precipitation
d) Transpiration

Water that is leaving the atmosphere is called:
a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Precipitation
d) Transpiration

When water vapor cools and turns into liquid water it is called:
a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Precipitation
d) Transpiration

Plants give off this type of water vapor:
a) Condensation
b) Evaporation
c) Precipitation
d) Transpiration

The water cycle is
a) A bubble of warm moist air
b) When water vapor condenses in the atmosphere
c) How water is reused over and over.
d) Sometimes used to try to produce rain

A convection cell is:
a) A bubble of warm moist air
b) When water vapor condenses in the atmosphere
c) How water is reused over and over
d) Sometimes used to produce rain

Cloud seeding is:
a) A bubble of warm moist air
b) When water vapor condenses in the atmosphere
c) How water is reused over and over
d) Sometimes used to produce rain

A cloud is:
a) A bubble of warm moist air
b) When water vapor condenses in the atmosphere
c) How water is reused over and over
d) Sometimes used to produce rain

Clouds that form in sheets or layers are called:
a) Cirrus
b) Cumulus
c) Stratus
d) Nimbus

Clouds that are likely to produce rain are called:
a) Cirrus
b) Cumulus
c) Stratus
d) Nimbus

Clouds that are wispy and curly are called:
a) Cirrus
b) Cumulus
c) Stratus
d) Nimbus

Big fluffy clouds are called:
a) Cirrus
b) Cumulus
c) Stratus
d) Nimbus

Hail is:
a) Tiny droplets of water too small to be called rain
b) A long period without precipitation
c) Water that crystallizes in the clouds and falls to earth
d) Large frozen pellets of ice falling from the atmosphere

A Drizzle is
a) Tiny droplets of water too small to be called rain
b) A long period without precipitation
c) Water that crystallizes in the clouds and falls to earth
d) Large frozen pellets of ice falling from the atmosphere

Snow is:
a) Tiny droplets of water too small to be called rain
b) A long period without precipitation
c) Water that crystallizes in the clouds and falls to earth
d) Large frozen pellets of ice falling from the atmosphere

A drought is:
a) Tiny droplets of water too small to be called rain
b) A long period without precipitation
c) Water that crystallizes in the clouds and falls to earth
d) Large frozen pellets of ice falling from the atmosphere

The water table is:
a) the surface of the lake
b) the surface of the ground water
c)
d)

Water flows through
a) permeable rock
b) impermeable rock
c)
d)

Water droplets require a condensation nucleus to coalesce
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Rain water is naturally acidic
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

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