Clouds and Cloud Types

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

• Cumulus
• Stratus
• Nimbus
• Cumulonimbus

Which type of cloud is white and puffy?

• cumulus

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulonimbus

Are stratus clouds or cirrus clouds found closer to the ground?

• Cirrus
• 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

Clouds are classified by altitude and precipitation types.

• True

• False

Which type of cloud is lowest in the sky?

• Cirrus

• Cumulus

• Stratus

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

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

Name the two types of low level clouds

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

Which statement about clouds is true?

• Cumulus clouds mean a change of weather is coming in the next 24 hours.

• There is only one kind of cloud in the sky at a time.

• Fog is not a cloud.

• Cirrus clouds are the highest in the sky.