Exploring Cloud Types in Meteorology

What is the humorous example given to illustrate the importance of commas?

• Let's eat, grandma vs. Let's eat grandma

• Let's go, kids vs. Let's go kids

• Let's cook, friends vs. Let's cook friends

• Let's play, dogs vs. Let's play dogs

Which type of cloud is described as puffy and cotton ball-like?

• Nimbostratus

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What type of cloud is high and wispy or feathery?

• Stratocumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulus

What is the term for clouds that are both puffy and layered?

• Altostratus

• Nimbostratus

• Stratocumulus

• Cirrocumulus

At what altitude range do we classify clouds as 'Alto'?

• Above 10 kilometers

• 0 to 2 kilometers

• 2 to 7 kilometers

• 7 to 10 kilometers

Which type of cloud is found above 7 kilometers and is puffy?

• Cirrocumulus

• Cirrostratus

• Nimbostratus

• Altostratus

What is the name for a puffy rain cloud that often forms a thunderhead?

• Nimbostratus

• Cumulonimbus

• Stratocumulus

• Altocumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which type of rain cloud brings gentle rain that lasts for days?

• Cumulonimbus

• Altostratus

• Cirrostratus

• Nimbostratus

What is the characteristic shape of a cumulonimbus cloud?

• Puffy with a big flat top

• High and wispy

• Layered and puffy

• Flat and layered

What type of cloud is described as blanketing the sky and bringing gentle rain?

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus