Types of Clouds

What are the 3 main types of clouds? Check all that apply!

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Nimbus

• Cirrus

• Airus

Clouds that look like fluffy, rounded piles of cotton:

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Nimbostratus

Clouds that form in flat layers and covers the sky:

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Wispy, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form at high levels:

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A cloud at ground level is called:

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Fog

These large clouds produce thunderstorms with rain and lightning:

• Cumulus

• Nimbostratus

• Stratus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Dark, flat clouds that bring rain or snow:

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

• Nimbostratus

• Cirrocumulus

Nimbus like in "cumulonimbus" and "nimbostratus" means:

• Rain

• Sunlight

• Clear Skies

• Snowstorm

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which types of clouds are medium level clouds? Check all that apply.

• Fog

• Cirrus

• Altocumulus

• Altostratus

What are the clouds shown here that are nicknamed "mackerel sky" and tell us a storm is on the way?

• Cumulus

• Cirrocumulus

• Cirrus

• Stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5