Cloud Covers

Question 1

What are Clouds

Answer 1

Collection of lots of tiny droplets of liquid that gathers ice

Question 2

Cirrus/Cirro

Answer 2

High

Question 3

Alto

Answer 3

Mid

Question 4

Stratus/Strato

Answer 4

Low

Question 5

Nimbo/Cumulon

Answer 5

Multi Levels

Question 6

Cumulus Clouds

Answer 6

-Latin for “Pile”
-Puffy white clouds with flat bottoms
-Form when moist warm air rises
-Low altitude Clouds

Question 7

Cumulonimbus Clouds

Answer 7

-When cumulus clouds become larger cumulonimbus clouds form
-They produce thunderstorms

Question 8

Stratus Clouds

Answer 8

-Latin for “Spread Out/Layer”
-Grayish clouds that often cover large areas of the sky
-Low altitude clouds
-Fog is a stratus cloud that forms near the ground

Question 9

Cirrus Clouds

Answer 9

-Latin for “Lock of Hair”
-Thin, feathery, white clouds
-Form at high altitudes with high winds and formed of ice crystals