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Weather 8.2 quiz 2
Clouds and fog
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |