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Name That Cloud!. Click to see pictures of clouds. Can you name each cloud type? Click to see if your answer is correct. Stratus Clouds. long low clouds These clouds look like blankets of gray. Cirrus. high thin clouds
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Name That Cloud! Click to see pictures of clouds. Can you name each cloud type? Click to see if your answer is correct.
Stratus Clouds long low clouds These clouds look like blankets of gray.
Cirrus high thin clouds Cirrus clouds are too high and too thin to drop any rain or snow on us.
Cumulus puffy clouds Cumulus clouds may be low in the sky, but they can be tall enough to reach to the middle of the sky.
Stratus Do you remember why they are stratus clouds?
Cumulus This puffy cumulus cloud is dark, because it is so full of water. It is a cumulonimbus cloud. Nimbus means “rain” in Latin. Big dark clouds like this are seen in thunderstorms.
Cirrus Do you remember why they are cirrus clouds ?
How did you do? Are you ready to go out and practice on real clouds? Do you want to go back and practice some more? Click on the cloud to play again.