Cloud types (weather)

Question 1

What is a cumulonimbus?

Answer 1

-Tall thunderstorm clouds with anvil top
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https://i.stack.imgur.com/O2s15.jpg

Question 2

What is a cirrostratus?

Answer 2

-high halo around sun
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https://whatsthiscloud.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cirrostratus-fibratus-undulatus-halo-1040x585.jpg

Question 3

What is a cirrocumulus?

Answer 3

-thin white sheets made of grains and ripples (lots of puffy things yknow)
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Cirrocumulus_20040830.jpg

Question 4

What is a cirrus?

Answer 4

-high, wispy, hair-like cloud
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https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/gallery/metofficegovuk/hero-images/weather/cloud/cirrus-hooks.jpg

Question 5

What is a nimbostratus?

Answer 5

-grey raincloud. Can block sun
-middle height
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https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/gallery/metofficegovuk/hero-images/weather/cloud/nimbostratus-best-photo.jpg

Question 6

What is a altostratus?

Answer 6

-grey blue sheets covering middle height

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https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/binaries/content/gallery/metofficegovuk/hero-images/weather/cloud/altostratus-best-photo.jpg

Question 7

What is a altocumulus?

Answer 7

-patches and sheets covering middle height
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Altocumulus.jpg

Question 8

What is a stratus?

Answer 8

• low, smooth, grey precipitation cloud that blocks out sun
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  https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E1BAQGJxYRp_f_MOg/company-background_10000/0/1583768590151?e=2159024400&v=beta&t=zYNqVYy6lTbY1qxTXw8crRhqt2hGG27j_FMBiUk-yHw

Question 9

What is a stratocumulus?

Answer 9

-low, grey-white patches
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https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/2GuD4Ugvi2d3dRaRlgawiA/ca0f8b9b8e4ef199ab0afc830aaa6688/StratoCumulusclouds-1024x684.jpg?fm=jpg&fl=progressive&w=660&h=433&fit=fill

Question 10

What is a cumulus?

Answer 10

-puffy, white like cauliflour
-low
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/GoldenMedows.jpg

Question 11

what does cumulo- mean?

Answer 11

1. a cloud of a class characterized by dense individual elements in the form of puffs, mounds, or towers, with flat bases and tops that often resemble cauliflower. 2. a heap; pile.

Question 12

What does alto- mean?

Answer 12

Middle height

Question 13

what does cirrus- mean

Answer 13

cloud forming wispy filamentous tufted streaks at high altitude (usually 5 to 13 km, 16,500 to 45,000 ft).

or

a slender tendril or hairlike filament

Question 14

What does nimbo- mean?

Answer 14

rain cloud

Question 15

Which clouds are precipitation clouds?

Answer 15

Cumulonimbus, stratus, nimbostratus,