Clouds Flashcards

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How clouds formed

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Air contains water When warm air rises, it expands and cools. Cool air cannot hold as much water vapour as warm air, so some of the vapour condenses into tiny droplets. billions of these droplets come together clouds forms

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Name 3 clouds

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Stratus
Cummulus
Cirrus

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Stratus

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occur below 2,000 m. look like flat sheets of cloud, there grey

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Cumulus

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occur below 5,000 m. look like big fluffy balls of cotton wool. Cumulus clouds usually form alone These clouds are usually : flat on the bottom, but have very lumpy tops.

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Cirus

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usually form above 8,000 m. They are wispy clouds. very thin because of the height at which they form.

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