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Cloud Quiz Chapter 2 Weather and Climate
Cloud Quiz Chapter 2 Weather and Climate
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Science
6th Grade
02/15/2011
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Term
Clouds
 Definition
Form when water vapor cools and condenses(liquid or ice crystals), sticks to dust and expands
Term
Three main types of clouds
 Definition
Stratus, Cumulus, and Cirrus
Term
Stratus Clouds
 Definition
Flat layers of clouds that cover most or all of the sky
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Cumulus Clouds
 Definition
Fluffy and Puffy
Term
Cirrus Clouds
 Definition
Wispy and feather-like
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Cumulonimbus Clouds
 Definition
Produce a thunderstorm
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Cirrus Clouds
 Definition
Made of ice crystals
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Nimbostratus
 Definition
Resposible for most of our precipitation
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