Clouds

This type of cloud is thin, wispy, and made of ice crystals

• cumulus cloud
• stratus cloud
• cirrus cloud
• cumulonimbus cloud

Which type of cloud is white and puffy?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Clouds form during the process of...

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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

• Cumulus
• Stratus
• Nimbus
• Cumulonimbus

Name the two types of low level clouds

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

Which type of cloud is highest in the sky?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

Which term best describes water vapor?

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

What are clouds made out of?

• Molecules of pure oxygen

• ozone and carbon dioxide

• water droplets, dust, and smoke particles

• 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, and 1% other gases

Cirrus is Latin for

• ice crystal

• water droplet

• curl-like

• heaps

That Latin root alto means

• precipitation

• high altitude

• low altitude

• middle altitude