Clouds

What are the characteristics of a alto-cumulus cloud?

• small, white and puffy, middle level cloud

• low, puffy, produce rain

• high, looks like cotton balls bunched together

• fluffy clouds, flat on the bottom

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined

• cirrus cloud

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are very high in the sky.

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• stratus

Fog is this type of cloud when it is close to the ground

• cumulus

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This phrase is referred to as "puffy" or "fluffy."

• Cumulo

• Cirrus

• Strato

• Nimbo

The prefix used for clouds that are high in the sky.

• Strato

• Alto

• Cirro

• Nimbo

Middle of the sky.

• Altocumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

High in the sky.

• Altocumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low level, rain.

• Altocumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Low level extending vertically. Better prepare for a storm!

• Cumulus

• Altostratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2