Types of Precipitation & Weather

What three characteristics classify clouds?

• Shape

• Width

• Height

• Rain Capacity

• Color

Which clouds are whispy, and look like feathers? They are often the whitest cloud in the sky.

• Cumulus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Stratus

Which clouds have flat bases, and are fluffy and white in appearance?

• Cumulus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Stratus

Which clouds have flat bases, and are fluffy and white in appearance?

• Cumulus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Stratus

These clouds are flat at the base, and also fluffy, but gray in color.

• Cumulus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cirrus
• Stratus

Which clouds form because of convection currents (warm air being lifter, and eventually cooling allowing the water vapor to condense to form a cloud)

• Cumulus
• Cirrus
• Stratus

These clouds form from dry air high in Earth’s atmosphere where it is colder. As you go further into the atmosphere there is also less water vapor, so the small amount of water vapor there is gets turned into ice crystals.

• Cumulus
• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulonimbus

These clouds form in calm, stable conditions when gentle breezes raise cool, moist air over colder land or ocean surfaces.

• Cumulus
• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulonimbus

These clouds form in calm, stable conditions when gentle breezes raise cool, moist air over colder land or ocean surfaces.

• Cumulus
• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulonimbus

Which clouds occur at high altitudes?

• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulus