Can you name the cloud types in the troposphere?

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Cloud Types Quiz

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Published: September 10th, 2008
Category: Science
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Tags: cloud, meteorology, troposphere, type, weather

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	Sean Ellison:	Oct 4th, 2008 at 22:15 GMT	15 points
	What about cirrostratus and nimbostratus?

	sactoshc:	Dec 7th, 2008 at 02:26 GMT	4 points
	I can't really speak to that but I do like the graphic/diagram format to change it up from the list format.

	chambers:	Jan 17th, 2009 at 19:53 GMT	3 points
	isnt 'nimbus' one on its own?

	ArcticFahx:	Jan 19th, 2009 at 18:13 GMT	4 points
	pretty sure nimbus is just a modifier, basically saying "rain version". Cumulonimbus: Rain-producing cumulus. Nimbostratus: Rain-producing stratus.

	LaStic:	Feb 21st, 2009 at 19:12 GMT	-2 points
	Sing : I've looked at clouds from both sides now...

	Journey2688:	Apr 8th, 2009 at 19:27 GMT	-2 points
	I got them all right because that's what we're learning about right now in science class.

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	Sparky:	Apr 30th, 2009 at 14:15 GMT	-3 points
	Reminds me of When You Come by Crowded house "Like a cumulo-nimbus, coming in from the distance..."

	mathias1979:	Jul 7th, 2009 at 13:55 GMT	9 points
	Nice quick quiz...but it would be nice to see this include a few of the lesser known types...like lenticular or mammatus...if nothing more as bonus answers. Then again, having majored in meteorology, I'm a bit biased I suppose.

	kevmurph55:	Aug 17th, 2009 at 12:52 GMT	-1 points
	@journey2688:me too. except i only missed 5

	afk:	Oct 5th, 2009 at 21:57 GMT	3 points
	nimbus, nimbostratus, cirronimbus, and cirro-stratus are all cloud types as well.

	trumpetchic94:	Dec 5th, 2009 at 23:12 GMT	0 points
	i couldve done betterbut i couldnt spell

	zloty:	Apr 8th, 2010 at 10:12 GMT	2 points
	nimbostratus and cirrostratus missing

	johnny74:	Oct 26th, 2010 at 14:39 GMT	1 point
	Lenticulus should be in there. More varieties please! :)

	sophicmuse:	Nov 2nd, 2010 at 06:17 GMT	1 point
	I was a little disappointed that "rain" didn't work. ;)

	sargeanthr:	Mar 27th, 2011 at 18:51 GMT	0 points
	for afk, nimbus just means rain so it cannot be on its own. and there are no cirronimbus because it is frozen

	Kmox:	Dec 4th, 2011 at 00:28 GMT	1 point
	I'm pretty sure I learned some of these attached the opposite way around ie cumulostratus..... not sure if this is a regional thing or just incorrect.