Name that Cloud or Type of Precipitation

flat, gray clouds that cover most of the sky

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• cumulus

white, puffy clouds with flat bottoms

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• cumulus

type of precipitation that hits as a liquid and then freezes instantly when it hits the ground

• rain

• sleet

• snow

• freezing rain

type of precipitation that melts as it falls through the sky but then refreezes BEFORE it hits the ground as a solid ball of ice

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

this type of precipitation grows in layers each time it is pushed up or down in the cloud.

• rain

• hail

• sleet

• snow

this type of precipitation melts on its way to the ground and stays a liquid drop of water as it hits the above freezing ground

• rain

• sleet

• hail

• snow

huge, tall cloud that starts as a cumulus cloud

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

cloud that usually covers all or most of the sky like a blanket and blocks out most direct sunlight

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

type of precipitation that falls through a sky that is ALL below freezing so that the precipitation stays as an ice crystal

• hail

• rain

• snow

• sleet

high, wispy cloud made of ice crystals

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• cumulus