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Language Exercises

I. NEW TERMINOLOGY: Oral Exercises

1. Select words from the list below to complete the following sentences. Some of the
words may be used more than once, and you may have to make the word plural or
change the tense. Do not try to write the words in the spaces.

Cumuliform stratified nimbostratus
Cumulus stratus cumulonimbus

Tower cirroform -fractus

Stratiform nimbo-/-nimbus cumulofractus

a. When a stratus cloud is producing rain, the prefix__________________. is
added to its name; and it is called a __________________ cloud.

b. Of the three basic cloud types,_______________ clouds form at the highest
altitude.

C. The tops of cumulus clouds can be pulled upward into _____________ by
rising air currents

d. Of the three cloud types,____________ clouds are produced by vertical
currents in unstable air.

e. When a cumulus cloud is producing rain the suffix __________________ is
added to its name and it is called a ________________cloud.

f. The main difference between cumulus and stratus clouds is that _________

clouds form in unstable air, and ______________ clouds form in stable air
that has been lifted.

g. Of the three cloud types, __________________ clouds form as a flat ayer, or in
flat layers.

h. Wher things are formed in layers, they are described as being ____________ .

i. Clouds that are broken up and separated into small pieces are identified by
the suffix________________; small separated pieces of cumuliform clouds are
called____________ .

j. When it is raining we can expect to have either _______________ Or
________________clouds.

k. The _______________ type of cloud is made up of ice particles.

i. The three basic cloud types are identified by the suffix "_form;" they are
__________ , ___________ , and________________________ .