Clouds and cloud types quiz

A cloud forming a continuous uniform layer, similar to stratus but occurs at medium altitude .

altostratus

Thick and puffy clouds on middle elevations.

altocumulus

Low elevated clouds that produce rain and snow.

nimbostratus

Cloud forming a continuous horizontal grey sheet, often with rain or snow.

stratus

Low elevated cloud forming rounded masses heaped on each other above a flat base.

cumulus

Cloud forming a towering mass with a flat base. Low elevation. Often a flat top, as in thunderstorms.

cumulonimbus

Small, high elevated cottony rows of clouds.

cirrocumulus

The highest clouds made of ice crystals.

cirrus

Cloud forming a thin, more or less uniform semi-translucent layer at high altitudes.

cirrostratus

Layered and puffy clouds on middle and lower elevations.

stratocumulus