Vocabulary
Types of Clouds
Weather
100

Condensed water vapor floating the sky. 

What are clouds?

100

A fluffy white cloud that usually means little to no precipitation. 

What is a Cumulus Cloud?

100

Meteorologists use this to predict the weather. 

What are clouds?

200

Water that is the form of gas. 

What is Water Vapor?

200

A dense cloud that is very big and tall. It usually means there is a thunderstorm. 

What is a Cumulonimbus Cloud?

200

This type of cloud means that there will be good weather. 

What is a cirrus cloud?

300

Tiny drops of water that looks like a thick mist in the air near the ground. 

What is fog?

300

A low level cloud. They look like flat gray sheets. 

What is a Stratus Cloud?

300

This type of cloud brings in rain, hail, and thunderstorms.

What is a cumulonimbus?

400

A prediction about what the weather will be like in the future. 

What is a forecast?

400

Clouds that are thin, wispy strands. 

What is a Cirrus Cloud?

400

Usually Means the air is wet, cold, and Sometimes lightly rains or snows.

What is a Stratus Cloud?

500

The temperature and outside conditions at a certain time. 

What is weather?

500

This cloud can make your day cloudy, and it can linger around in the sky. 

What are Stratus Clouds?

500

These clouds mean that there will be fair weather.

What are cumulus clouds?