Clouds and Precipitation

Which clouds are fluffy and look like cotton?

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

Which cloud forms in flat layers?

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

What are wispy clouds that form at high levels?

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

Thunderstorm clouds

• cumulonimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

• cumulus

Cloud that forms near the ground

• cumulonimbus

• cirrus

• fog

• nimbostratus

Flat clouds that produce drizzle, rain, or snow

• fog

• cumulonimbus

• nimbostratus

• stratus

Drops of water smaller than 0.5mm in diameter

• Drizzle

• rain

• sleet

• hail

Drops of water larger than 0.5mm in diameter

• drizzle

• sleet

• hail

• rain

Raindrops that freeze as they fall

• hail

• snow

• sleet

• freezing rain

round pellets of ice larger than 5mm in diameter

• sleet

• freezing rain

• hail

• snow