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Types of Clouds
Fun Facts
Atmospheric Layers
Fronts
Water Cycle
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This type of cloud that is white and puffy?
What is cumulus?
100

Name 2 combination clouds.

Cumulonimbus, altostratus, stratocumulus, altocumulus etc.

100

This atmospheric layer is closest to the earths surface.

What is Troposphere.

100

This happens when cold air pushes under warm air.

What is cold front?

100

This is when a gas turns to a liquid

What is condensation?

200
This type of cloud is high and whispy.
What is cirrus?
200

Water in cirrus clouds is usually in this form.

What is ice?


200

This atmospheric layer extends from 10-50km above the earths surface and is the second layer.

What is Stratosphere?

200
This happens when warm air slides up and over the colder air.
What is warm front.
200

A liquid to a gas

Evaporation

300
This type of cloud usually covors the whole sky like a blanket.
What is Stratus?
300

This cloud came from the latin word meaning "spread out".

What is stratus.

300
This layer is above the stratosphere. (50-85km)
What is Mesosphere.
300
This happens when a cold air mass and a hot air mass meet but neither advance.
What is stationary front?
300

What are 3 types of precipitation?

rain, freezing rain, hail, sleet, snow

400
This type of cloud has a flat bottem that rises into an anvil shape.
What is Cumolonimbus?
400

Middle level clouds have this prefix.

What is Alto?

400

This is in the stratosphere.

What is Ozone or ozone layer.

400
When a fast moving cold front overtakes a slower moving warm front.
What is Occluded front?
400

This is when plants release water vapor

Transpiration

500
This type of cloud is lumpy, and varies from shades of gray.
What is Stratocumulus?
500
The "classic thunderhead" cloud is called this.
What is Cumulonimbus?
500

This is the hottest layer and extends from 85-500km above the earth.

What is Thermosphere?

500
The boundary between two air masses.
What is a front?
500

This is the definition of dew

When water vapor condenses directly onto a surface