Question

(A)What type of cloud forms at high altitudes and is wispy and feathery.

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer A)

Circus clouds are the highest of all clouds and made of ice crystal.

Circus clouds have no visible precipitation.

Answer B)

Because when the warm, moist air rises up and gets cool, water vapor condenses on tiny particles to form liquid water or ice crystal and form cloud.  

Answer C)

Precipitation is a fall of moisture from the atmosphere in any form. it is an important input to hydrology.

Floods and droughts are directly related to precipitation.  

Answer 2

A) Answer D. Clouds forming high in the atmosphere are referred to as cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus. 

B) Clouds tend to form at higher altitudes because as air rises, the moisture in it slowly reaches its saturation point and when this happens, tiny crystals of water start to condense and form clouds.

C) Precipitation: Water that falls to the ground from clouds, such as in rain, snow, sleet, or hail.