Clouds and Precipitation

__________________ clouds are low clouds that look like bed sheets covering the sky.

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

Which best explains why it is important for people to be able to identify cumulonimbus clouds?

• Cumulonimbus clouds can cause mild showers

• Cumulonimbus clouds can cause severe thunderstorms

• Cumulonimbus clouds can form near the Earth's surface, causing fog

• Cumulonimbus clouds form when the temperature is below freezing.

What type of cloud is this?

• cirrus
• cumulus
• stratus
• fog

what type of cloud is shown?

• cumulus
• cirrus
• stratus
• nimbostratus

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Which cloud type is this?

• stratus
• cirrostratus
• cumulonimbus
• cumulus

from the plane

• stratus

• contrail

• mammatus

• cumulus

Nimbostratus and cumulonimbus clouds can signal what type of upcoming weather?

• fair skies
• hot, sunny weather
• windy weather
• rainy weather

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

Identify the cloud type.

• altocumulus
• cirrostratus
• nimbostratus
• cirrus