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

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