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What are fluffy cotten like clouds called?

Fluffy clouds resembling cotton are commonly referred to as "cumulus clouds." These clouds are low-lying, white, and puffy in appearance, often scattered across the sky on a sunny day.


What do white clouds symbolize?

White clouds are often seen as symbols of purity, peace, and clarity. They can represent freedom, tranquility, and a sense of lightness or simplicity. In some cultures, white clouds also symbolize spirituality, divine presence, or a higher realm of consciousness.


What is the name of a cloud that looks like cotton balls?

The cloud that resembles cotton balls is called a "cumulus cloud." These clouds are fluffy, white, and often have a rounded appearance, resembling cotton or puffs of cotton. They typically indicate fair weather but can develop into larger storm clouds if conditions are right.


What are to ways in which clouds are classified?

Clouds are classified based on their altitude within the atmosphere and their appearance. Altitude classifications include high-level clouds, middle-level clouds, and low-level clouds. Appearance classifications include cumulus clouds (puffy and white), stratus clouds (layered and covering the sky), and cirrus clouds (thin and wispy).


What are the Altosratus Atocumulus and Nimbosratus definitions?

These are all types of clouds. Stratus clouds form layers or smooth, even sheets in the sky. Cumulus clouds are masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases. Some prefixes of cloud names describe the height of the cloud base. The prefixaltodescribes middle-elevation clouds. Clouds associated with rain or snow often have the the word nimbus attached to them. So, altostratus clouds are clouds that form layers, or smooth, even sheets in the sky at middle-elevation, altocumulus clouds are masses of puffy, white clouds, often with flat bases at middle-elevation, and nimbostratus clouds are clouds that form smooth, even sheets in the sky and are associated with rain or snow.

Related Questions

Is Neptune's atmosphere blue and no clouds?

Neptune's atmosphere is blue but it has some clouds. They are like white streaks and are scattered all over the planet Neptune.


What are fluffy cotten like clouds called?

Fluffy clouds resembling cotton are commonly referred to as "cumulus clouds." These clouds are low-lying, white, and puffy in appearance, often scattered across the sky on a sunny day.


Can you give me some descriptive words on clouds?

fluffy,billowy,white,dark,thick,scattered,heavy,ominous-looking,thin.


What do white clouds symbolize?

White clouds are often seen as symbols of purity, peace, and clarity. They can represent freedom, tranquility, and a sense of lightness or simplicity. In some cultures, white clouds also symbolize spirituality, divine presence, or a higher realm of consciousness.


Why do clouds look normally white?

Light appears white when there is a balance between the different colors of light, the color us determined by the lights wavelength. Clouds look white because of the way they scatter light, as sunlight passes through the clouds the light is scattered evenly causing a white color. If clouds are in a shadow from another cloud, or a just thick enough to cast shadows on them-selves, when they appear gray.


Is a cloud opaque?

Clouds are not opaque; they are actually translucent. This means that they allow some light to pass through but scatter and reflect most of it. Clouds appear white because sunlight is scattered by water droplets or ice crystals in the cloud.


What is the name of a cloud that looks like cotton balls?

The cloud that resembles cotton balls is called a "cumulus cloud." These clouds are fluffy, white, and often have a rounded appearance, resembling cotton or puffs of cotton. They typically indicate fair weather but can develop into larger storm clouds if conditions are right.


What are puffy white clouds referred to?

In science, "puffy white clouds" are known as cumulus clouds.


What are to ways in which clouds are classified?

Clouds are classified based on their altitude within the atmosphere and their appearance. Altitude classifications include high-level clouds, middle-level clouds, and low-level clouds. Appearance classifications include cumulus clouds (puffy and white), stratus clouds (layered and covering the sky), and cirrus clouds (thin and wispy).


When was White Fluffy Clouds created?

White Fluffy Clouds was created in 2003.


Cumulus a type of clouds?

Yes, cumulus clouds are puffy, white clouds with a flat base, often resembling cotton balls. They typically indicate fair weather when they are isolated or scattered, but can develop into larger storm clouds if they grow vertically.


What appeararance is Neptune?

blue dark spot white bands of white clouds some white clouds