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Weather 8.2 quiz 2
Clouds and fog
Question | Answer |
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an airplane's artificial clouds | contrail |
name that means "heaps of curls" | cirrocumulus |
name that means "to extend" or "to stretch" | stratus |
white and billowy cloud that resembles a pile of cotton balls | cumulus |
the most common type of high-level cloud | cirrus |
lens-shaped clouds | lenticular |
thunderstorm cloud | cumulonimbus |
fog that forms when a warm, humid breeze blows over a cold surface | advection |
fog that forms when the ground cools at night while the air is still moist | radiation fog |
a thick, brownish haze that results from complex molecules released into the air by vehicles | photochemical smog |