CLOUDS

Front

It is horizontally layered clouds like a BLANKET.

Back

stratus clouds

Front

They puffy in appearance and look like cotton balls.

Back

cumulus

Front

They are very wispy and feathery looking.

Back

cirrus

Front

What type of clouds are characterized by uniform greyness, extending over the entire sky in seasons of continued rain?

Back

nimbus

Front

Unstable bulges hang down below alto-cumulus clouds that forms into udder-like fingers of clouds.

Back

mamatus

Front

Mistaken as flying saucers.

Back

lenticular

Front

This type of clouds illuminated with pink, orange, and red colors and particularly spectacular in polluted areas.

Back

nacreous

Front

How are stratus clouds formed?

Back

They are formed when a LAYER OF WARM, MOIST air passes over a layer of COOL air

Front

How are cumulus clouds formed?

Back

They are formed when WARM-MOIST air is forced upward.

Front

How are cirrus clouds formed?

Back

They are formed only at high altitudes, 7 km. above Earth's surface, and are composed of ice crystals and are so thin.