Clouds

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How are clouds classified?

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Height and Shape

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These clouds are high level clouds and usually bring pleasant weather.

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Cirrus

Front

These two clouds are low-level clouds: Altostratus and Cirrus, Stratus and Cirrus, Cumulus and Cumulonimbus, Cumulus and Stratus.

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Cumulus and Stratus

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Cumulus clouds can grow upward, develop into other clouds, and create thunderstorms.

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True

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Stratus clouds can bring what type of weather?

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light mist or drizzle

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Are cumulus and stratus clouds made up of ice crystals?

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False

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How are clouds formed?

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water vapor changes into liquid or ice crystals onto tiny particles of dust.

Front

These clouds can indicate that a rain or snowstorm will be approaching soon. Options: Nimbostratus, Cirrus, Stratocumulus, Cirrostratus

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Cirrostratus

Front

A cloud's composition (what it is made up of) depends on its ___________

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altitude

Front

This type of cloud indicates what type of weather? Options: long, steady rain, nice, pleasant, thunderstorms, drizzle

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nice, pleasant