Cloud Types

Clouds can be divided into three major groups:

• Low clouds

• Mid clouds

• High clouds

• Very high clouds

These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightening, and sometimes hail.

• Cumulus

• Cumulonimbus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

Cumulonimbus resembles _______________.

• lettuce

• cauliflower

• tomatoe

• watermelon

Stratocumulus clouds look like ________________.

• sugar

• tomato

• honeycombs

• cotton

Stratocumulus clouds are _______________.

• low level clouds

• mid level clouds

• high level clouds

A cloud that looks like white and grey patches.

• Cumulonimbus cloud

• Stratocumulus cloud

• Altocumulus cloud

Altocumulus clouds are ________________.

• high level clouds

• mid level clouds

• low level clouds

Altocumulus clouds often appear with other clouds.

• True

• False

Nimbostratus clouds is also known as _____________________.

• continuous rain clouds

• continuous wind clouds

• white clouds

• thunder clouds

Nimbostratus clouds are ________________.

• white

• black

• dark and grey

• red