Meteorology

Question 1

HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS

Answer 1

Above 20,000 ft, given prefix cirro- means curl, mostly ice crystals

Question 2

CIRRUS

Answer 2

-Thin feathery wisps (mares tails)
-4,000-20,000 meters
-looks like tufts of hair
-very unique

Question 3

CIRROSTRATUS

Answer 3

-Thin sheet like
-transparent (sun/moon seen)
-6,000-13,000 meters
-difficult to detect

Question 4

CIRROCUMULUS

Answer 4

-Light, puffy, short-lived
-5,000-15,000 meters
-less than 200 meters thick

Question 5

MIDDLE LEVEL CLOUDS

Answer 5

Altitudes 6,500-20,000 ft, made of water droplets and/or ice crystals

Question 6

ALTOSTRATUS

Answer 6

-Layer clouds
-Thinner than stratus
-Thicker than cirrostratus
-Sun and moon kind of can see
-Light rain, little reaches ground
-Altostratus clouds are formed when large masses of warm, moist air rise, causing water vapor to condense

Question 7

ALTOCUMULUS

Answer 7

-Globe-shaped clouds in layers/patches
-May signify thunderstorm later in day
-Middle altitude level cloud
2,000-4,000 meters

Question 8

altostratus

Answer 8

layer
thinner<stratus>cirrostratus
sun&moon~see
light rain-bit reach ground
middle altitude</stratus>