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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
cirrostratus
stratus
altostratus
altostratus
Thick and puffy clouds on middle elevations.
cirrus
altocumulus
stratus
cirrocumulus
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.
cirrocumulus
stratus
stratocumulus
nimbostratus
stratus
Low elevated cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base.
altocumulus
cumulus
cirrus
cirrocumulus
cumulus
Cloud forming a towering mass with a flat base. Low elevation. Often a flat top, as in thunderstorms.
stratus
stratocumulus
cumulonimbus
cirrus
cumulonimbus
Small, high elevated cottony rows of clouds.
altocumulus
stratus
stratocumulus
cirrocumulus
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.
cirrocumulus
nimbostratus
cumulonimbus
cirrostratus
cirrostratus
Layered and puffy clouds on middle and lower elevations.
cirrus
stratocumulus
altostratus
cirrostratus
stratocumulus

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