List the basic cloud types and describe each based on its form (shape) and height (altitude)
What will be an ideal response?
SHAPE
Cirrus
(Wispy, feathery) Stratus
(Sheets, layers) Cumulus
(Globular masses) Clouds of Vertical Development
ALTITUDE High Cirrus Cirrostratus Cirrocumulus Cumulonimbus
Middle Altostratus Altocumulus
Low Nimbostratus
Stratus Stratocumulus Cumulus
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