Deck 15- Earth's Systems- Cloud Formations 1.4

Question 1

Clouds
(Cloud Formations)

Answer 1

When water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets or ice crystals

Question 2

Condensation

Answer 2

The process by which water vapor turns into liquid

Question 3

Evaporation

Answer 3

The process by which water turns into gas or vapor

Question 4

Transpiration

Answer 4

The process by which plants release water vapors into the air

Question 5

Sublimation

Answer 5

The process by which a solid turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first

Question 6

Cirrus Clouds

Answer 6

Thin, wispy clouds made up of ice crystals, found high in the atmosphere

Question 7

Cumulus Clouds

Answer 7

Puffy, fair-weather clouds with a flat base and a “head up” top (Think Care Bear Clouds)

Question 8

Stratus Clouds

Answer 8

Gray, flat, low laying clouds, often layered bring precipitation (Think Gloomy)

Question 9

Cumulonimbus Clouds

Answer 9

large, tall clouds that are dark on the bottom and usually produce rain and thunderstorms

Question 10

Nimbostratus Clouds

Answer 10

low, dark gray cloud that looks like a big, flat blanket covering the sky brings steady rain or snow