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