Cloud Formation Quiz
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Which type of cloud is flat and layered?

  • Cirrus
  • Cumulus
  • Stratus (correct)
  • Nimbus
  • Which prefix indicates mid altitude clouds?

  • Nimbo-
  • Alto- (correct)
  • Cirro-
  • Strato-
  • Which type of cloud is wispy and made of ice crystals?

  • Nimbus
  • Cumulus
  • Cirrus (correct)
  • Stratus
  • Which type of cloud can occur in patterns resembling fish scales?

    <p>Cirrus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cloud is rounded and puffy?

    <p>Cumulus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of cloud is often associated with thunderstorms and severe weather?

    <p>Cumulonimbus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cloud brings rain?

    <p>Nimbus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cloud can sometimes persist for days?

    <p>Stratus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which layer of the atmosphere do all clouds form in?

    <p>Troposphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the initial process in cloud formation?

    <p>Condensation of water vapor into liquid droplets</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the particles to which water vapor attaches during cloud formation?

    <p>Condensation nuclei</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What determines the type of cloud that forms?

    <p>The altitude in the troposphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What happens when cloud droplets become heavy enough?

    <p>They fall to earth as precipitation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What causes rising humid air to cool and condense into clouds?

    <p>Decrease in air temperature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What creates ever-changing weather and cloud formation?

    <p>The movement of air masses of varying temperatures</p> Signup and view all the answers

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