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