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