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

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