Clouds and Precipitation

Front

Which type of cloud is this? Options: Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus

Back

Cumulus

Front

Which type of cloud is this?
Options: Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus

Back

Cirrus

Front

Which type of cloud is this? Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus

Back

Cumulonimbus

Front

Which type of cloud is this? Options: Cirrus, Stratus, Cumulus, Cumulonimbus

Back

Stratus

Front

Latin root "alto"

Back

middle altitude

Front

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water? Options: Hail, Sleet, Rain, Snow

Back

Rain

Front

For snow to fall, the air temperature must be what? Options: Above 0 degrees celsius, Below 0 degrees celsius, Freezing, Warmer at the ground than high in the air

Back

Freezing

Front

How is sleet formed?

Back

Snowflakes fall and are melted a bit by warm air near the ground.

Front

Hail can usually only happen in which season? Options: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Back

Summer

Front

What is the only type of precipitation to fall as water but freezes when it hits a cold surface? Options: Sleet, Freezing rain, Hail, Snow

Back

Freezing rain