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Fun Facts
How to Tell Clouds Apart
Different Names of Clouds
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What Happens Inside Clouds
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What is a cloud?
A cloud is water in the atmosphere that we can see.
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What does a cumulus look like?
Puffy.
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What is a cirrocumulus?
Puffy and wipy.
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What do clouds look like on the inside?
The same as the outside.
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Why are clouds white?
They reflect off the sun light, which causes them to appear white.
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What does a nimbus look like?
Rain cloud.
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What is a cirrostratus?
Sheet like layer and wispy
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Why do clouds float?
The water droplets are so light.
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Do planets have clouds?
Planets only have clouds if they have an atmosphere.
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What does a stratus look like?
Low leveled layer, same gray all the way through.
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What is a Cumulonimbus
Puffy rain cloud.
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Why does rain fall?
The water droplets get too heavy
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What makes your flight late?
A capable of producing lightning and other dangerous sever weather.
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What does a cirrus look like?
Wispy.
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What is a Stratonimbus
Sheet like rain cloud
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How does hail fall?
The water droplets get heavy, then the temp is cold to turn the water into Ice crystals.
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What is a normal size cloud base?
2000 meters.
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What does a alto look like?
Medium level.
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What is an alto nimbus
Mid level rain cloud