Types of Clouds

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Across
  1. 2. Gray or blue-gray mid-level clouds composed of ice crystals and water droplets. The clouds usually cover the entire sky.
  2. 3. Several patchy white or gray layers, and seem to be made up of many small rows of fluffy ripples. They are lower than cirrus clouds, but still quite high. They are made of liquid water, but they don’t often produce rain.
  3. 8. Thin, white clouds that cover the whole sky like a veil. These clouds are most commonly seen in the winter and can cause the appearance of a halo around the sun or the moon.
  4. 10. These clouds are shaped like lenses or almonds or...flying saucers! They may get their shape from hilly terrain or just the way the air is rising over flat terrain.
  5. 12. These clouds grow on hot days when warm, wet air rises very high into the sky. From far away, they look like huge mountains or towers.
  6. 13. Often look like thin, white sheets covering the whole sky. Since they are so thin, they seldom produce much rain or snow. Sometimes, in the mountains or hills, these clouds appear to be fog.
Down
  1. 1. Thin, sometimes patchy, sheet-like clouds. They sometimes look like they’re full of ripples or are made of small grains.
  2. 4. Made by high-flying jet airplanes. They are still clouds, though, because they are made of water droplets condensed from the water vapor in the exhaust of the jet engines.
  3. 5. Patchy gray or white clouds that often have a dark honeycomb-like appearance.
  4. 6. These clouds get their shape from mountains or hills that force the air to move over or around them. They can also be formed by sea breezes and often appear as lines where two air masses meet.
  5. 7. Are actually altocumulus, cirrus, cumulonimbus, or other types of clouds that have these pouch-like shapes hanging out of the bottom. The pouches are created when cold air within the cloud sinks down toward the Earth.
  6. 8. Clouds look like fluffy, white cotton balls in the sky. They are beautiful in sunsets, and they have varying sizes and shapes.
  7. 9. Delicate, feathery clouds that are made mostly of ice crystals. Their wispy shape comes from wind currents which twist and spread the ice crystals into strands.
  8. 11. Dark, gray clouds that seem to fade into falling rain or snow. They are so thick that they often blot out the sunlight.