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Clouds and Precipitation

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  • What is water that falls from the atmosphere called?
    Precipitation
  • What type of cloud is whisky and is found in fair weather, but rain may follow in a day or two?
    Cirrus
  • What is another word for rain?
    Nimbus
  • What type of cloud is this?
    Cirrus
  • What are the four types of precipitation?
    rain, snow, sleet, and hail
  • Means to change from a gas to a liquid
    Condense
  • What type of could is found low in the atmosphere?
    Stratus
  • What are masses of tiny water droplets or ice crystals called?
    clouds
  • What type of cloud is found high in the atmosphere?
    Cirrus
  • What type of cloud is in the middle part of the atmosphere?
    Cumulus
  • What type of cloud is puffy and white?
    Cumulus
  • What type of cloud is this?
    Stratus
  • What type of cloud looks like a gray blanket and brings some rain?
    Stratus
  • What do we call the gasses that surround Earth?
    Atmosphere
  • What type of cloud is this?
    Cumulus