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