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clouds: example questions & answers
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What are clouds mostly made of?
- ACotton wool
- BSmoke
- CSugar
- DTiny drops of water✓
Answer: Clouds are made of lots and lots of tiny water droplets floating in the air.
How does a cloud form in the sky?
- AWater vapour rises, cools and turns back into tiny droplets✓
- BThe Sun paints them
- CSomeone blows bubbles
- DThey grow from seeds
Answer: When water vapour rises and cools, it turns back into tiny droplets that gather to make a cloud.
What colour are rain clouds often?
- APink
- BGrey✓
- CBright orange
- DGreen
Answer: Clouds heavy with water often look grey because they block a lot of sunlight.
What are the big, white, fluffy clouds you see on a sunny day like?
- AHard like rock
- BMade of sand
- CPuffy like cotton wool✓
- DCold like ice cream
Answer: Fluffy white clouds on sunny days look soft and puffy, a bit like cotton wool.
What happens when a cloud gets too full of water?
- AIt floats higher forever
- BIt vanishes with a bang
- CIt turns into a rainbow
- DIt rains✓
Answer: When a cloud holds too much water, the drops fall as rain.
What do we call a cloud that has formed right down at the ground?
- AFog✓
- BA rainbow
- CThunder
- DSnow
Answer: When a cloud forms right down at ground level, we call it fog or mist.