🔍 Key Concepts

• basic cloud classification used in meteorology • the main visual features used to group different cloud types • difference between how a cloud looks vs. what it contains

💭 Think About

• Think about what you can most easily observe about a cloud from a ship without special instruments. • Which option matches how official cloud types (cirrus, cumulus, stratus, etc.) are grouped in weather references? • Ask yourself: do standard cloud names usually describe what the cloud is made of, where it sits vertically, or something else?

✅ Before You Answer

• Check which choice matches standard meteorological practice for naming cloud types. • Eliminate any options that would be difficult to know just by looking at the sky from the deck. • Focus on the combination of height in the atmosphere and overall appearance or structure rather than detailed internal properties.