how clouds form
These form when water vapor in the air becomes liquid water or ice crystals
how do clouds form
These clouds form in flat layers
What are stratus cloud
what are the main three types of clouds
What are stratus, cumulus, and cirrus
As this type of cloud thickens it may produce rain, drizzle, or snow.
What are stratus clouds
This type of cloud produces rain, drizzle, or snow.
What are nimbostratus clouds
The process by which molecules of water vapor in the air become liquid water is called
condensation
These clouds are puffy like cotton
What are Cumulus clouds?
These clouds usually indicate fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds
This type of cloud forms below 6,000
What are stratus, cumulus, or stratocumulus
These types of clouds are also called thunderheads.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The temperature at which condensation begins is called _______?
What is dew point?
These clouds are wispy and feathery
What are cirrus clouds
These towering clouds with flat tops often produce thunderstorms.
What are cumulonimbus
These two types of clouds form above 18,000 feet
What are cirrus and cirrocumulus
This forms when water vapor condenses out of the air onto a solid surface.
What is dew
These clouds are mostly made up of ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds
The suffix -nimbus comes from this Latin word
What is rain
These two types of clouds form between 6,000-20,000 feet above ground
What are altocumulus and altostratus clouds
Clouds that form at or near the ground are called ________
What is fog.
If the dew point is below the freezing point, the water vapor may change into ______ __________.
What are ice crystals
This word means heap or mass
cumulus
Clouds are also classified by their _____________.
What is altitude.