Classification of Clouds/Severe Weather
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| show | shape and altitude
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| Name the three basic forms of clouds. | show 🗑
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| show | low clouds- 0-2000m (0 - 2 km)
middle clouds- 2000-6000m (2km- 6 km)
high clouds 6000m plus (6 km plus)
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| show | cirrus
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| middle-altitude clouds that usually produce little precipitation | show 🗑
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| show | cumulonimbus clouds
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| clouds that form a high transparent veil | show 🗑
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| billowy, low altitude clouds (that can change into higher altitude layers with updraft winds) | show 🗑
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| clouds with a flat base forming at very low altitudes | show 🗑
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| show | stratus
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| What do the prefix "nimbo" and the suffix "nimbus" mean? | show 🗑
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| show | cumulus stage
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| electricity that is discharged during a thunderstorm | show 🗑
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| an effect created when electricity heats the air, and the air expands rapidly | show 🗑
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| a usually brief, heavy storm that consists of rain, strong winds, lightning, thunder | show 🗑
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| show | dissipating stage
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| show | mature stage
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| What is condensation nuclei? | show 🗑
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| A destructive, rotating column of air that has very high wind speeds and may be visible as a funnel-shaped cloud | show 🗑
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| A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward intensely low-pressure center | show 🗑
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