Unit 4 Lesson 2

Question 1

Cloud

Answer 1

A collection of small water droplets or ice crystals that are suspended in the air

Clouds are visible because water droplets and ice reflect light

Question 2

Dew Point

Answer 2

The temperature at which the rate of condensation equals the rate of evaporation

Question 3

Stratus Clouds

Answer 3

The lowest clouds in the atmosphere

They are thin and flat, and their edges are not clearly defined. They are often gray
They give light rain or drizzle
Example: fog

Question 4

Cumulus Clouds

Answer 4

They are thick and puffy on top and generally flat on the bottom

They have well-defined edges and can change shape
Can be fair weather or produce severe weather

Question 5

Cirrus Clouds

Answer 5

They look feathery, and their ends curl. They are white

Form high in the atmosphere and are made of ice crystals

Do not produce precipitation

Question 6

What are the types of clouds based on altitude?

Answer 6

Low clouds

Middle clouds

High clouds

Clouds of vertical development

Question 7

Fog

Answer 7

Forms when moist Air at or near Earth’s surface cools to the Dew Point

Water droplets or ice crystals from nuclei

Question 8

What are the three cloud shape?

Answer 8

Stratus clouds

Cumulus clouds

Cirrus clouds