Cloud Types and Precipitation

4. water vapor frozen in the form of small, six sided ice crystals
6. clouds are best described as sheets or layers. While there may be breaks, there are no distinct individual cloud units.
7. ice that falls from cumulonimbus clouds. Strong updrafts repeatedly force ice pellets back up into the clouds to grow larger. Eventually they grow large enough that the updraft can’t hold them up and they fall to the earth.
8. clouds consist of round, individual cloud masses. They are usually described as looking like a cotton ball.
9. earth’s surface. It is also called glaze.
11. means rain.
12. rain when rain falls but the ground is below freezing so it forms a layers of ice
14. drops of water less than 0.5 mm in diameter
16. form below 2000 meters.

1. has more water vapor than it should at that temperature.
2. droplets in the cloud bump into each other and join together until they are large enough to fall.
3. typically have bases above 6000 meters.
4. when rain falls through a layer of air that is cold enough to freeze the rain
5. clouds are white, thin and high in the atmosphere. They can occur as patches, or veil-like sheets or wispy fibers that look feathery.
10. drops of water at least 0.5 mm in diameter
13. occupy heights between 2000 and 6000 meters.
15. a cloud with its base at or near the ground.