Clouds And Precipitation Practice Assessment
8 Questions
| Total Attempts: 545
Practice for the Clouds and Precipitation type Tuiz!
Questions and Answers
- 1.Violent thunderstorms are most likely to form from what type of clouds?
- A.
Cirrus
- B.
Cumulonimbus
- C.
Cumulus
- D.
Altostratus
- 2.What prefix is used to identify clouds that appear from 2000 to 6000 meters above the surface?
- A.
Cirro-
- B.
Nimbo-
- C.
Strato-
- D.
Alto-
- 3.What process is primarily responsible for the formation of precipitation in warm clouds?
- A.
Collision-coalescence process
- B.
Bergeron process
- C.
Sublimation process
- D.
Wet adiabatic process
- 4.Clouds are formed based on __________________ and height.
- 5.The main difference between sleet and hail is that sleet are small particles of ice and hail has to be twice the size as sleet.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.Fog is....
- A.
Evaporation from the ground.
- B.
Condensation on the ground.
- C.
A cloud with its base on or near the ground.
- D.
A cloud that sank to the ground.
- 7.Knowing the different _______________ allows us to predict the weather.
- 8.
![What type of cloud is shown in this image? - ProProfs]( "What type of cloud is shown in this image?")
What type of cloud is shown in this image?- A.
Cumulus
- B.
Cumulonimbus
- C.
Altocumulus
- D.
Nimbostratus
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