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what is a cloud?
visible water vapor/indication of weather outside
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what two things are clouds classified by?
height and form
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who came up with the cloud classification chart?
Luke Howard
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what are effective sites for condensation?
hygroscopic nuclei
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what are the 3 basic cloud forms?
cirrus, stratus, cumulus
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these clouds are high, thin, white, feathery, and wispy
cirrus
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these clouds are individual cloud masses, globular, can appear as domes or towers
cumulus
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these clouds are in sheets or layers and they cover most of the sky, no individual clouds are present
stratus
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what are the 3 high clouds called?
cirrus, cirrocumulus, cirrostratus
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cirrus
high, thin, wispy
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cirrocumulus
thin, high, wispy, puffy
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cirrostratus
high, thin, see through, transparent