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an airplane's artificial clouds
contrail
flat, gray layer of heavy clouds not far above the ground; name means
"to extend" or "to stretch"
stratus
Cloud name means "heaps of curls"?
cirrocumulus
lens-shaped (almond) cloud
lenticular
thunderstorm clouds
cumulonimbus
white and billowy cloud that resembles a pile of cotton balls
cumulus
the
most common
type of high-level cloud
cirrus
mid-level clouds
nimbostratus
high-level cloud
cirrostratus
fog found along the slopes of mountains
upslope fog
mixture of smoke and fog
smog
thick, brownish haze that results form complex molecules released into the air by vehicles and some factories and plants
photochemical smog
fog formed when warm, humid breeze blows over a cold surface
advection fog
fog formed when ground cools at night while the air is still moist
radiation fog
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Science CH 8 Clouds
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Science CH 8, Abeka grade 8
Updated
2015-02-18T15:28:06Z
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