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