Clouds and Cloud Types

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

Which type of cloud is white and puffy? Options: cumulus, cirrus, stratus, cumulonimbus

Back

cumulus

Front

Clouds form during the process of...
Options: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff

Back

condensation

Front

What type of clouds are called "fair weather clouds" and look like floating cotton? Options: Cumulus, Stratus, Nimbus, Cumulonimbus

Back

Cumulus

Front

Name the two types of low level clouds: Altostratus and Altocumulus, Cirrus and Cumulus, Cirrocumulus and Cumulonimbus, Stratus and Nimbostratus

Back

Stratus and Nimbostratus

Front

Which clouds are found closer to the ground: Stratus or Cirrus?

Back

Stratus

Front

Which type of cloud is highest in the sky? Options: Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus

Back

Cirrus

Front

Which type of cloud is lowest in the sky? Options: Cirrus, Cumulus, Stratus

Back

Stratus

Front

Which statement about clouds is true?

• Cumulus clouds mean a change of weather is coming in the next 24 hours.
• There is only one kind of cloud in the sky at a time.
• Fog is not a cloud.
• Cirrus clouds are the highest in the sky.

Back

Cirrus clouds are the highest in the sky.

Front

Which term best describes water vapor?

Back

Gas