Unit 2

Question 0

Weather

Answer 0

Refers to the state of the atmosphere

Question 1

Technology used to improve weather prediction

Answer 1

Computers, weather satellites, weather balloons, and Doppler radars.

Question 2

Instruments used to measure the state of the atmosphere

Answer 2

Thermometers, barometers, psychrometers or hygrometers, anemometers and rain gauges

Question 3

Clouds are classified by

Answer 3

Shape

Question 4

Cumulus clouds

Answer 4

Puffy white and sometimes can tower to great heights. They are generally associated with fair weather.

Question 5

Cirrus clouds

Answer 5

Appear fibrous, wispy, or curly. They are thin, white, high elevation, feathery clouds made of ice crystals. They are associated with changing weather.

Question 6

Stratus clouds

Answer 6

Usually form at lower altitudes and are layered, smooth and in sheets. They are associated with fair weather, rain or snow. Fog is a low lying stratus cloud.

Question 7

Nimbus

Answer 7

Attached to clouds associated with rain or snow.

Question 8

Cumulonimbus cloud

Answer 8

A cumulus cloud that has grown into a thunderstorm.

Question 9

Nimbostratus clouds

Answer 9

Layered clouds that bring steady rain or snow

Question 10

High clouds

Answer 10

Found at elevations of 20 k feet or higher, some high clouds include cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, and cirrus which are all made of ice crystals.

Question 11

Middle clouds

Answer 11

In between 6500 to 20 k feet. Consist if both water droplets and ice crystals and include clouds such as altocumulus and altostratus

Question 12

Low clouds

Answer 12

Form at elevations below 6500 feet and are made mostly of water. Some examples of low clouds include stratus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus, and fog.