Name: _______________________________

Date: ________________________________
Cloud Types Assessment
1. What types of clouds are often associated with rainy weather?
a. Cirrus
b. Alto
c. Stratus
d. Cumulus
2. What types clouds are known as high clouds?
a. Cumulus
b. Stratus
c. Cirrus
d. Alto
3. On a sunny day, you are more likely to see what types of clouds
in the sky?
a. Cumulus
b. Nimbus
c. Alto
d. Cirrus
4. List the different clouds associated with each level of clouds (low,
medium, and high).

5. Please describe what stratus clouds often look like and if there
are any weather patterns associated with it.

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C
D
Low- Cirrus
Medium- Alto
High- Stratus
5. Stratus clouds are often puffy, low lying, gloomy looking clouds that cover
the entire sky. Looks like a gray blanket across the sky. Typically, stratus clouds
bring rainy weather.