What are they made of?
What is mostly made of ice
What color are stratus clouds typically?
What are puffy white clouds called
Cumulus
What size are they
They are bigger than a Cumulus clouds
How are they described as
white,and puffy or cotton like, flat bottom
Describe a Cirrus cloud
What is thin wispy or high
Describe what a Stratus cloud looks like
they are like a blanket on the sky, lower to the ground
What are 3 examples of condensation nuclei?
dust, smoke, salt (from the ocean)
This is the only cloud to produce what
hail, thunder and lightning
Type of weather the produce
usually fair weather, sometimes light rain
What weather are they associated with?
What is Good or Fair Wheather
If they get to the ground what are they called
What is fog
What are thin and wispy clouds called
Cirrus
What level are they
High
Where are they in the sky?
low level
What does a Cirrus cloud look like
They are thin wispy...often known as mare's tails
How do they spread out
they spread out is layers like a blanket
Where in the sky is an alto stratus cloud?
Mid level
What color can they be
Gary or white
If they get big enough what do they become?
What is a cumulonimbus cloud
Where are they in the sky?
What is high in the sky
What sky level are they on
What is a Low leveled cloud
How are clouds made
What is water cooling in the air onto condensation nuclei
What kind of weather do they produce
Hail,downpour,and strong thunderstorms
What is the latin meaning of cumulo?
What is pile or heap