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Clouds and cloud types quiz

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A cloud forming a continuous uniform layer, similar to stratus but occurs at medium altitude .
cirrus
altostratus
cirrostratus
stratus
altostratus
Thick and puffy clouds on middle elevations.
cirrocumulus
altocumulus
stratus
cirrus
altocumulus
Low elevated clouds that produce rain and snow.
cumulus
nimbostratus
altostratus
stratus
nimbostratus
Cloud forming a continuous horizontal grey sheet, often with rain or snow.
stratocumulus
cirrocumulus
nimbostratus
stratus
stratus
Low elevated cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base.
cirrocumulus
cumulus
altocumulus
cirrus
cumulus
Cloud forming a towering mass with a flat base. Low elevation. Often a flat top, as in thunderstorms.
stratocumulus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
stratus
cumulonimbus
Small, high elevated cottony rows of clouds.
altocumulus
cirrocumulus
stratocumulus
stratus
cirrocumulus
The highest clouds made of ice crystals.
altostratus
cirrus
stratus
stratocumulus
cirrus
Cloud forming a thin, more or less uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitudes.
cirrostratus
nimbostratus
cirrocumulus
cumulonimbus
cirrostratus
Layered and puffy clouds on middle and lower elevations.
cirrostratus
altostratus
cirrus
stratocumulus
stratocumulus

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