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About clouds
Cloud types
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Latin Roots
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Clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses to form

tiny water droplets, or ice particles, that are too 

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What is dew point?

the temperature at which condensation begins

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Where there is little vertical uplift, but the uplift is over a wide area, clouds form in layers and are known as ...
Stratus
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Stratus is latin for...

...what is layers?

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How many types of cloud produce precipitation?

Three

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Very high clouds could be in layers called ????????????
CIRROSTRATUS
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More vertical, but localized, uplift results in heaped ??????? clouds with flat bases and globular upper surfaces.
Cumulus
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...what is layers?

...what is heap?

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What is density and vertical extent of the cloud if it white from below?
The cloud is thin and density is low
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Middle level cloud is prefixed by '????'.
ALTO
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Where condensation occurs at very high levels, wispy ?????? clouds are formed( made of crystals).
Cirrus
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Cirrus is latin for...

...what is curl of hair?

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What are the three types of clouds?
Stratus, cumulus, cirrus
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How do we call the biggest cloud?
Cumulonimbus
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these feathery clouds are high forming...

...what are cirrus clouds?

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Nimbus is latin for...

...what is violent rain?

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According what clouds classified into three main types?
Their shapes
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What do we call the cloud, which can be up to 5000 meters tall?

Nimbostratus

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these are known as fair weather clouds...

...what are cumulus clouds?

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...what is curl of hair?

Cirrus is latin for...