Types of Clouds and the Water Cycle

Name the two types of low level clouds

• Altostratus and Altocumulus
• Cirrus and Cumulus
• Cirrocumulus and Cumulonimbus
• Stratus and Nimbostratus

What type of clouds are called "fair weather clouds" and look like floating cotton?

• Cumulus
• Stratus
• Nimbus
• Cumulonimbus

Which type of clouds bring lightning, thunder, and tornadoes?

• Cirrus
• Nimbus
• Cumulonimbus
• Stratus

What are cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus clouds made of?

• Water vapor
• Water droplets
• Ozone
• Ice crystals

These clouds are the closest to the ground. Their name means layer- or sheet like. They bring light & continuous rain or snow and cover most of the sky. 

• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cumulus

During which part of the water cycle do clouds form?

• condensation
• transpiration
• precipitation
• evaporation

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus
• nimbostratus

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus
• altostratus

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus
• cumulonimbus

Cumulonimbus clouds mean ...

• fair weather (nice)
• thunderstorms
• rain/storms coming
• long periods of rain