5 Questions
What determines the groupings of cloud types in the list?
Altitude level in the troposphere
Why are small cumulus commonly grouped with the low clouds?
Because of their convective activity
What are the multi-level genus-types with the greatest convective activity often grouped as?
Towering vertical
In what approximate order are the physical forms of cloud types listed in terms of instability or convective activity?
Stratiform sheets; cirriform wisps and patches; stratocumuliform patches, rolls, and ripples; cumuliform heaps; cumulonimbiform towers
What are most genera divided into, with Latin names, that are common to more than one genus?
Species
Test your knowledge of cloud types and their classifications based on altitude levels in the troposphere. Identify and differentiate between high, middle, multi-level, and low cloud genera in this informative quiz.
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