Clouds Flashcards

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Cumulus

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fluffy white clouds with straight bottoms with partly cloudy weather or fair weather

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Stratus

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really long, can be fog when low, flat layers block sunlight, cover big portion of sky, light rain, drizzle

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Cumulonimbus

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is a cumulus cloud but is grey, is a storm cloud and signals rain, vertical clouds can bring hail and lightning
anvil tops

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Cirrus

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wispy, white, 1800 ft, ice crystals (frozen water droplets), rain or snow, feathery

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How is a cloud formed?

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  1. Warm air rises
  2. The hot air expands and cools
  3. They condense around tiny particles of dust and make water vapor
  4. Lots of these water vapor come together to form clouds
    Water vapor is everywhere.
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