The Atmosphere - Chapter 2: Clouds

Question 1

A form of condensation best described as visible aggregates of minute droplets of water or tiny crystals of ice

Answer 1

Clouds

Question 2

What are the three forms recognized of clouds?

Answer 2

Cirrus
Cumulus
Stratus

Question 3

These clouds are high, white, and thin

Answer 3

Cirrus

Question 4

These clouds consist of globular individual cloud masses

Answer 4

Cumulus

Question 5

These clouds are best described as sheets of layers that cover much or all of the sky

Answer 5

Stratus

Question 6

What are the three levels of cloud height recognized?

Answer 6

High
Middle
Low

Question 7

Three cloud types make up the family of high clouds:

Answer 7

Cirrus
Cirrostratus
Cirrocumulus

Question 8

These clouds are thin and delicate

Answer 8

cirrus

Question 9

These high clouds consist of fluffy masses

Answer 9

Cirrocumulus

Question 10

Flat layers up high

Answer 10

Cirrostratus

Question 11

Because of the low temps and small quantities of water vapor present at high altitudes, all high clouds are thin and white and made of _____

Answer 11

ice crystals

Question 12

Are high clouds considered precipitation markers?

Answer 12

No

Question 13

When cirrus clouds are followed by _____ and increased sky coverage, that could warn of impending stormy weather

Answer 13

cirrocumulus

Question 14

What is the prefix for clouds that appear in the middle range?

Answer 14

Alto

Question 15

These clouds are composed of globular masses that are different from cirrocumulus because they are larger and denser

Answer 15

Altocumulus

Question 16

These clouds create a uniform white to grayish sheet covering the sky with the sun or moon visible as a bright spot

Answer 16

Altostratus

Question 17

What are the three members of the family of low clouds?

Answer 17

Stratus
Stratocumulus
Nimbostratus

Question 18

What are clouds called that develop a scalloped bottom that appears as long parallel rolls or broken globular patches?

Answer 18

Statocumulus

Question 19

True or false: nimbostratus clouds do not produce precipitation

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Nimbostratus clouds (low sheets of gray) form in association with stable/unstable conditions

Answer 20

Stable

Question 21

Nimbostratus clouds are large ____ compared to depth

Answer 21

horizontally

Question 22

Name for clouds that have base in low height range but often extend upward into middle or high atltidues

Answer 22

Clouds of vertical development

Question 23

What is the name of the big ol’ cloud that you learned in first grade, Kara Beth?

Answer 23

Cumulonimbus