The Different Types of Clouds - Quiz
A) Cumulonimbus B) Nimbostratus C) Cirrus D) Stratus
A) Altostratus B) Stratus C) Cirrostratus D) Cumulus
A) Nimbostratus B) Cirrostratus C) Cirrus D) Stratocumulus
A) Stratus B) Cumulus C) Nimbostratus D) Altocumulus
A) Cumulus B) Stratus C) Cirrus D) Altostratus
A) Nimbostratus B) Cumulus C) Stratus D) Cirrus
A) Cirrostratus B) Cumulonimbus C) Cumulus D) Nimbostratus
A) Cirrus B) Cumulonimbus C) Stratus D) Altocumulus
A) Sulfuric acid B) Dust particles C) Water droplets and ice crystals D) Methane and ammonia
A) Troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere B) Thermosphere and troposphere C) Stratosphere and thermosphere D) Mesosphere and exosphere
A) Meteorology B) Atmospherology C) Nephology D) Climatology
A) Carl Linnaeus B) Luke Howard C) James Hutton D) Aristotle
A) Seven B) Three C) Five D) Ten
A) Nimbo- B) Alto- C) Strato- D) Cirro-
A) Cumulus and stratus B) Fog and mist C) Cirrus and nimbus D) Altostratus and altocumulus
A) Stratosphere B) Thermosphere C) Troposphere D) Mesosphere
A) They have no significant effect on climate change. B) They only cause a warming effect. C) They can reflect sunlight or trap heat, leading to cooling or warming effects. D) They only cause a cooling effect.
A) Altitude, form, and thickness B) Color and density C) Shape and volume D) Size and speed
A) Clouds that form above the troposphere B) Tropospheric clouds C) Stratospheric clouds D) Mesospheric clouds
A) Ocean currents B) Greenhouse gases C) Ozone layer depletion D) Clouds
A) English B) Latin C) French D) Greek
A) 1802 B) 1891 C) 1875 D) 1803
A) Aristotle B) Epicurus C) Plato D) Socrates
A) Precipitants B) Meteors C) Hydrometeors D) Nimbus
A) Ralph Waldo Emerson B) John Keats C) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe D) William Wordsworth
A) 1901 B) 1875 C) 1803 D) 1891
A) Scientific terms B) Technical jargon C) Latin names D) Descriptive common names
A) English word 'meteor' B) French word 'météorologie' C) Latin word 'meteora' D) Greek word 'meteoros'
A) American Meteorological Society B) World Meteorological Organization C) National Weather Service D) International Cloud Atlas
A) Ten types based on color B) Four species indicating vertical size C) Five categories by density D) Three forms by altitude
A) Any level B) Only low levels C) Only high levels D) Only mid-levels
A) A thunderstorm must be taking place B) Clear skies with no precipitation C) Light rain without any thunder D) Presence of fog and mist
A) Floccus B) Volutus C) Humilis D) Castellanus
A) It used universally accepted Latin B) It was based on intuition C) It focused solely on surface-level clouds D) It included informal French names
A) Water-ice B) Ammonia C) Methane D) Sulfur dioxide
A) Stratus cataractagenitus B) Silvagenitus C) Cumulus homogenitus D) Cirrus homogenitus
A) As low as 2,000 m (6,500 ft) B) 7,000 m (23,000 ft) at midlatitudes C) 7,600 m (25,000 ft) in the tropics D) Up to 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
A) Vertebratus B) Duplicatus C) Intortus D) Radiatus
A) Congestus B) Capillatus C) Humilis D) Mediocris
A) Sulfur dioxide B) Water-ice C) Methane D) Ammonia
A) Species types B) Opacity-based varieties C) Genus types D) Pattern-based varieties
A) Fluctus B) Cavum C) Arcus D) Mamma
A) Fractus B) Spissatus C) Lenticularis D) Stratiformis
A) Eternal happiness B) War C) Famine D) Misfortune
A) Perlucidus B) None of the above C) Opacus D) Translucidus
A) Evaporation from surface water B) Condensation on cloud condensation nuclei C) Deposition of frost D) Sublimation of ice crystals
A) Kármán vortex B) Actinoform stratocumulus C) Stratus cataractagenitus D) Silvagenitus
A) Blue or green B) Red or orange C) Black or dark gray D) Whitish
A) Virga B) Snowfall C) Continuous rain D) Hail
A) Lens-like shapes tapered at the ends B) Extensive sheets C) Ragged heaps D) Opaque patches with light gray shading
A) Tuba B) Cauda C) Murus D) Asperitas
A) Fluctus B) Murus C) Arcus D) Cavum
A) Bright white with towering structures B) Diffuse, dark gray, multi-level stratiform layer C) White with flat bases and domed tops D) Reddish-brown with scattered patches
A) Deposition B) Sublimation C) Evaporation D) Condensation
A) Cirrus homogenitus B) Silvagenitus C) Stratus cataractagenitus D) Flammagenitus
A) Perlucidus B) None of the above C) Opacus D) Translucidus
A) Vertebratus B) Radiatus C) Intortus D) Lacunosus
A) Stratocumulus (Sc) B) Cumulus humilis C) Stratus (St) D) Nimbostratus
A) Cirriform clouds B) Small cumuliform clouds C) Nonconvective stratiform clouds D) Larger cumuliform types
A) Intortus B) Vertebratus C) Duplicatus D) Radiatus
A) Undulatus B) Duplicatus C) Radiatus D) Perlucidus
A) Adoption of Howard's Latin-based system B) Elimination of all previous systems C) Creation of separate classification schemes with descriptive common names D) Standardization under a single global authority
A) Ganymede B) Titan C) Europa D) Enceladus
A) Cirrus B) Cirrocumulus C) Altostratus D) Cirrostratus
A) Supplementary features B) Pattern-based varieties C) Opacity-based varieties D) Accessory clouds
A) Convective lift B) Cyclonic lift C) Orographic lift D) Frontal lift
A) Cavum B) Fluctus C) Arcus D) Murus
A) Uneven wind currents B) Cloud rows converging at the horizon C) Localized downdrafts D) Closely spaced layers
A) Low-level B) High-level C) Mid-level D) Multi-level
A) Capillatus B) Calvus C) Humilis D) Congestus
A) Stratiformis B) Fractus C) Lenticularis D) Spissatus
A) Convective lift B) Orographic lift C) Cyclonic lift D) Frontal lift
A) Supplementary feature B) Accessory cloud C) Virga D) Praecipitatio
A) A clear anvil shape B) A bubble-like protuberance C) A circular fall-streak hole D) A roll cloud with ragged edges
A) Fractus B) Nimbostratus C) Lenticularis D) Stratiformis
A) 2012 B) 2015 C) 2013 D) 2014
A) Fog B) Thunderstorms C) Heavy rain and snow D) Precipitation |
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