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

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