Mayte Clouds and Precipitation

What are clouds made of?

• water droplets and/or ice crystals

• water droplets and/or hail

• ice crystals and fog

If the cloud is made from water droplets or ice crystals it depends on:

• the temperature

• the pressure

• the gas

The temperature of the air in the sky is often:

• below 0°C

• above 20°C

• 37°C always

The frozen raindrops are also called

• sleet

• hail

• snow

Frozen and heavy precipitation that forms in LAYERS is called

• hail

• sleet

• rain

• snow

Aguanieve

• Sleet

• Hail

• Rain

• Snow

Granizo

• Sleet

• Hail

• Rain

• Snow

Thin, Wispy and white, High Level clouds

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Altocumulus

• Stratus

Vertical, high clouds that can cause thunderstorms .

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Altocumulus

• Stratus

Mid level clouds, they are small and puffy clouds

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

• Altocumulus

• Stratus