Clouds 1
Low-level clouds, characterized with horizontal layers
Stratus
Clouds that are associated with fairly good weather, "cotton-like" in appearance
Cumulus
Clouds form when water vapor in the air, undergoes this process (phase change from gas --> liquid) to form water droplets.
Condensation
What type of precipitation occurs when water vapor freezes and turns to ice?
Snow
What form of solid precipitation consists of balls or lumps of ice, are common in thunderstorms and tornados?
Hail
What cloud type would most indicate an approaching thunderstorm?
Cumulonimbus
Wispy, feathery clouds, high-altitude
Cirrus
Prefix/suffix used to describe mid-altitude clouds
Alto-
Due to the chemistry of water molecules, snowflakes commonly form what shapes?
Hexagons
What type of precipitation, made primarily of liquid droplets, freezes upon contact with a surface?
Name two high-altitude clouds
Cirrocumulus, cirrus, cumulonimbus
Prefix/suffix used to describe clouds that produce rain
Nimbo-
Fog is an example of what type of cloud?
Stratus
The faster the updraft of a thunderstorm the, ____ the hail (bigger/smaller)
bigger
Sleet hits the ground in what phase of matter?
Solid
What clouds are light, puffy, and relatively short-lived, thus leading to their nickname of "mackerel sky"?
Cirrocumulus
What are the three stages, in order of the lifecycle of a cumulonimbus cloud?
Building, mature, dissipating
What cloud type exhibits the most significant vertical continuity, and can extend from the ground to above 50,000 feet?
Cumulonimbus
Order the following three types of liquid precipitation in order of increasing size.
Drizzle, Rain, Mist
Mist, Drizzle, Rain
What form of liquid precipitation has the smallest diameter, and consists of a large mass of water droplets suspended in the atmosphere?
Mist
Major component of high-altitude clouds, such as cirrus clouds
Ice crystals
Every now and then, you may notice a sort of “halo” around the sun or moon. These halos are a result of light reflecting off what type of cloud?
Cirrostratus
What is the most common clouds on Earth, commonly found over oceans?
Stratocumulus
What special kind of snowfall event, common near the Great Lakes, is associated with snow being deposited on the downwind side of the lake?
Lake effect Snow
What type of solid precipitation, also known as "ice covered snow" forms when a falling snowflake encounters a layer of supercooled water droplets
Graupel