Cloud classifications
Air
Lifting agents
Cloud formation
100
Name this cloud type
What is "Cumulus"
100
Poor visibility is a characteristic of ______.
What is "stable air"
100
______ is caused by heating of the air that is in contact with the surface of the earth
What is "Convection"
100
Clouds formed in stable air will be of this type
What is "status"
200
This prefix is used when a cloud becomes a darker storm cloud
What is "Nimbo"
200
If a mass of air is warmer than its surroundings, it does this
What is "rise up"
200
This kind of disturbance is created by buildings and other large structures
What is "Mechanical turbulence"
200
The two things required for the formation of clouds:
Water in air and ________
What is "Change in temperature"
300
This cloud height ranges from surface level to 6500 feet
What are "low clouds"
300
Direction of uninterrupted airflow on the surface of the earth
What is "horizontal"
300
This symbol is used when marking cold fronts
What are "blue triangles"
300
High clouds are made only of this
What are "ice crystals"
400
The season usually associated with clouds of vertical development
What is "Summer"
400
When air is unstable it creates _____, characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and wind direction
What is "turbulence"
400
In a low pressure system, the wind blows toward the centre of the system due to the surrounding higher pressure systems, and this happens to the excess air.
What is "forced upwards"
400
Unstable air is usually associated with this lifting agent
What is "convection"