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Cloud Quiz
Cloud quiz monday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What do clouds move with | the wind |
| A cloud is a large collection of what | very tiny water droplets and ice crystals |
| All air contains water but near the ground itis usually in the form of invisible gas called what | water vapor |
| when warm air rises it does what | expands and cools |
| cool air can not hold as much water vapor as warm air so some of water vapor... | condenses onto tiny pieces of dust that are floating in the air |
| when billions of these droplets com togather the become a whAT | VISIBLE CLOUDS |
| cirrus clouds are the most common of the what | high clouds |
| cirrus clouds are composed of what | ice |
| cirrus clouds are _____and______ clouds | thin and wispy |
| Cirrus clouds are usually what | white |
| Predict fair to pleasent weather is a cirrus cloud true of false | true |
| cirrostratus clouds are so thin that the _____ and ______ can be seen through them | sun and moon |
| Cirrostratus clouds usually come ___ - ___ before a what | 12-24 hours before rain or snow storm |
| cirro cumulus clouds appear as _____ _____ puffs that appear in long rows | small rounded |
| cirro cumulus clouds are usually seen in what season | winter |
| cirro cumulus clouds indicate _____ but ______ _____ | fair but cold weather |
| in tropical reasons cirrocumulus clouds may indicate an approaching what | hurricane |
| Altostratus clouds are ____ and _____-_____ mid level clouds | gray and blue-gray |
| Altostratus clouds are composed of what | ice crystals and water droplets |
| Altostratus clouds usually cover the what | entire sky |
| altostratus clouds often form ahead of storms with what | continuous rain or snow |
| altocumulus clouds are what level of clouds | mid level |
| what are altocumulus clouds made of | water droplets |
| altocumuls clouds appear as what | gray puffy mases |
| If u c altocumulus c on a warm sricky morning be prepared to see _____ _____ in the _______ | thuderstorms late in the afternoon |
| uniform grayish clouds that often cover the entire is the def. of what type of clouds | stratus clouds |
| stratus clouds often cover the entire what | sky |
| light mist or drissle falls out of ____ clouds | stratus |
| stratocumulus clouds are ____ _____ and _____ | low puffy and gray |
| rain rarely occurs with what type of cloud however they can turn into nimbostratus clouds | stratocumulus |
| nimbostratus clouds form ____ _____, ____ looking cloudy layer | dark gray, wet |
| nimbostratus clouds produce precipitaion that is what | light to moderater |
| cumulus clouds are _____, _____ clouds | white, puffy |
| cumulus clouds look like pieces of what | floating cotton |
| cumulus clouds are often called what | fair weather clouds |
| cumulus clouds grow upward and they can develop into giant | cumulonimbus clouds(they are thuderstorm clouds) |
| cumulonimbus clouds are what | thunderstorm clouds |
| cumulonibus clouds areassociated with heavy ____, _____, _____, _____, and even ____ | rain, snow, hail, lighning, and tornadoes |
| mammatus clouds are low hanging ____ that droop from cumulonombus clouds | bulges |
| mammantus clouds are usually associater with what | severe weather |
| lenticular clouds are caused by a wave wind pattern created by the..... | mountains |
| lenticular look like what that form by nearby mountains | discs of flying saucers |
| what is fog | a cloud on the ground |
| contrails are condensation trails left behind by what | jet aircrafts |
| clouds form when | the temperature of the air reaches the condesation point which is the point at which water vaporbecomes a liquid |
| who named clouds | luke howard (1773-1864) |
| luke howard was | an englishman |
| as a hobby luke howard joineda group of scientists who called themselves | Askesians |
| on the winter of 1802-03 he read his scientific paper titled | on the modifications of clouds it was published |
| what does cumulus mean | heap |
| what does stratus mean | layer |
| what does cirrus mean | curl |
| what does nimbus mean | rain |
| all tha names of the clouds are | latin |
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