Clouds

Front

What are clouds made up of? Options: Air, Nitrogen and Oxygen, Argon and Carbon Dioxide, Collections of tiny water and/or ice particles in the air and dust particles

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Collections of tiny water and/or ice particles in the air and dust particles

Front

What are the three basic types of clouds?

Back

Cumulus, Stratus, Cirrus

Front

This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals. Options: cumulus cloud, stratus cloud, cirrus cloud, cumulonimbus cloud

Back

cirrus cloud

Front

What are the four classes of clouds based on altitude? Options: cirrus, nimbus, stratus, cumulus, low, middle, high, vertically developed, troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, classes of clouds are not based on altitude

Back

low, middle, high, vertically developed

Front

This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined. Options: cirrus cloud, cumulus cloud, stratus cloud, cumulonimbus cloud.

Back

stratus cloud

Front

This type of cloud is thick and puffy on top, and generally flat on the bottom. It has well-defined edges and can change shape rapidly. Options: cumulus cloud, stratus cloud, cirrus cloud, cloud 9

Back

cumulus cloud

Front

Cumulus and cirrus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

Back

fair skies

Front

What type of cloud is this? Options: cirrus, cumulus, stratus, fog

Back

cumulus

Front

How do clouds form?

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Water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses to become tiny liquid water droplets in the atmosphere.

Front

What kind of clouds are most likely to produce thunderstorms? Options: cumulonimbus, cirrus, cumulus, nimbostratus

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cumulonimbus