cumulus  - white, puffy clouds that look like cotton balls, stratus - low, light gray, blanket-like clouds that cover the sky, LAYERS, cirrus - thin, wispy, feather-like clouds that are made of ice crystals, cumulonimbus - tall, anvil-shaped cloud, white/gray, nimbostratus - low, dark gray, blanket-like clouds that cover the sky, just like stratus, but brings rain, fog - stratus clouds that touch earth's surface, rain - falls when temperature in atmosphere is all above freezing (above 32 degrees), snow - falls from clouds in the form of ice crystals and the temperature from sky to the ground is below freezing, sleet - clear ice pellet precipitation forms when snow falls through layers of warm air, melts partially, then refreezes before hitting the ground, freezing rain - rain that freezes on contact as it touches the Earth’s surface, What causes La Nina? - The unusual cooling of water in the Pacific Ocean., What causes El Nino? - The unusual warming of water in the Pacific Ocean, Evaporation - Water changing from a liquid to a gas or vapor​, Condensation - Water vapor turning into a liquid​, Precipitation - Water falling to earth in a liquid or solid state.​, Collection - rain falls onto the ground or directly into lakes, rivers, and oceans, Runoff - Water flows off the surface of the earth into areas of collection, Infiltration - Water seeps into the ground, Transpiration - the evaporation of water through plants, hail - layered balls of ice, formed in cumulonimbus clouds during thunderstorms by strong updrafts of wind,

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