Types of Clouds
Clouds that are formed in flat layers and are low in the sky.
What are stratus clouds?
Cloud names beginning with ______ are low in the sky.
What is strato?
Clouds that are low in the sky. They are large and puffy, but they can make light rain or snow.
What are stratocumulus clouds?
The Sun warms the water and the air. The water ______, or changes, into water vapor.
What is the definition of "evaporates"?
______ means how high something is above sea level.
What is "altitude"?
Clouds that are thin and wispy. They are high in the sky. These clouds are made of tiny pieces of ice, but they almost never make rain or snow.
What are cirrus clouds?
Cloud names beginning with ______ are at the middle level of the sky.
What is alto?
Clouds that are thick and dark. They bring heavy rain with thunder and lightning, hail, or snow.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
The warm air rises and cools. Water vapor in the air ______. It changes into tiny water droplets or ice crystals. These form clouds.
What does "condenses" mean?
______ means to stick to something.
What does "attach" mean?
Gray or white clouds that are puffy.
What are cumulus clouds?
Cloud names beginning with ______ are very high in the sky.
What is cirro?
Clouds that are also puffy. They are in the middle of the sky. If you see these clouds, a thunderstorm may be coming.
What are altocumulus clouds?
The water drops and ice crystals stick ______. When they become heavy, they fall to Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
What does "together" mean?
______ means going on all the time.
What does "continuous" mean?
Cloud names beginning with ______ are rain clouds. These clouds bring heavy rain with thunder and lightning, hail, or snow.
What is nimbus?
Clouds that are fluffy and white. They are formed by strong winds high up in the sky. These clouds can happen when the weather is changing.
What are cirrocumulus clouds?
______ carry the water back to the oceans.
What are "rivers"?
______ means water that falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What does "precipitation" mean?
______ means to tell what will happen in the future.
What does "predict" mean?