Identify the type of cloud having following characteristic features 1 They are generally formed at a...........

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Identify the type of cloud having following characteristic features:

1. They are generally formed at a height of 4000-7000m.

2. They exist in patches and can be seen scattered here and there.

3. They have flat base and looks like cotton wool.

4. These type of clouds develop as a result of convection.

Which of the following types of clouds described in the above description?

Cirrus cloud

Nimbus cloud

Stratus cloud

Cumulus cloud

Option (d) is correct Supplementary notes: Cumulus cloud They are generally formed at a height of 4000-7000m.
They exist in patches and can be seen scattered here and there.
They have fl at base and looks like cotton wool.
All cumulus clouds develop because of convection.
As air heated at the surface is lifted, it cools and water vapour condenses to produce the cloud.
Throughout the course of the day, if conditions allow, these can grow in height and size and can eventually form into cumulonimbus clouds.
Along coastlines, cumulus may form over land during daylight hours as a sea breeze brings in moist air, which is then warmed by the surface.
This effect reverses overnight as the sea becomes warmer than the land and cumulus form over the sea.