1.) Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or: a.) snow droplets b.) ice crystals c.) sleet particles.

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1.) Clouds are made up of tiny water droplets or: a.) snow droplets b.) ice crystals c.) sleet particles

2.) During cloud formation, water droplets form when air cools below the:. a) Freezing point b) Ice crystals c) Dew point d) Air pressure

3.) Ice crystals form when water condenses: a) below O o C b) above 32 o C c) below 32 o C d) above O o C

4.) Clouds are classified by: a) Color & Shape b) Color & Altitude c) Altitude & Size d) Shape & Altitude

5.) Which one is not a shape of a cloud? a) Cirrus b) Cumulus c) Corruolous d) Stratus

6.) Low clouds are made of: a) Water droplets b) Water droplets or ice crystals c) Ice crystals

7.) Which of these is not a type of low cloud? a) Stratus b) Cumulus c) Nimbostratus d) Stratocumulus

8.) What is a characteristic of a stratus cloud? a) Layered/Block sun b) Lumpy/Low Laying c) Dark/Continuous rain d) White/Puffy

9.) What is a characteristic of a nimbostratus cloud? a) Layered/Blocks sun b) Lumpy/Low Laying c) Dark/Continuous rain d) White/Puffy

10.) What is a characteristic of a stratocumulus cloud? a) Layered/Blocks sun b) Lumpy/Low Laying c) Dark/Continuous rain d) White/Puffy

11.) Middle clouds are made of: a) Water droplets b) Water droplets or ice crystals c) Ice crystals

12.) The word “Alto” is associated with what type of clouds? a) Low b) Middle c) High

13.) Cumulus, Altocumulus, Cumulonnimbus, & Altostratus are what types of cloud? a) Low b) Middle c) High

14.) What is a characteristic of a cumulus cloud? a) White & Puffy b) Thunderstorm clouds c) Layered/grayish-white d) Scattered/Gray-blue

15.) What is a characteristic of a cumulonimbus cloud? a) White & Puffy b) Thunderstorm clouds c) Layered/grayish-white d) Scattered/Gray-blue

16.) What is a characteristic of an altocumulus cloud? a) White & Puffy b) Thunderstorm clouds c) Layered, patchy d) Scattered/Gray-blue

17.) What is a characteristic of an altostratus cloud? a) White & Puffy b) Thunderstorm clouds c) Layered/grayish-white d) Uniform coverage

18.) High clouds are made of: a) Water droplets b) Water droplets or ice crystals c) Ice crystals

19.) What clouds are found above 6,000 meters? a) Low Clouds b) Middle Clouds c) High Clouds

20.) Which is not a type of high cloud? a) Cirrus b) Cirrocumulus c) Cirrostratus d) Cirronimbus

21.) What is a characteristic of a cirrus cloud? a) White/Thin/Feathery b) Thick/White layers c) Sheet like/transparent

22.) What is a characteristic of a cirrocumulus cloud? a) White/Thin/Feathery b) Thick/White layers c) Sheet like/transparent

23.) What is a characteristic of a cirrostratus cloud? a) White/Thin/Feathery b) Thick/White layers c) Sheet like/transparent

24.) This cloud is a/an: a) Stratus b) Cirrus c) Cirrocumulus

25.) This cloud is a/an: a) Cumulus b) Nimbostratus c) Altostratus

26.) This cloud is a/an: a) Cirrus b) Altostratus c) Stratocumulus

27.) This cloud is a/an: a) Cumulus b) Nimbostratus c) Cumulonimbus

28.) This cloud is a/an: a) Altocumulus b) Cumulonimbus c) Altostratus d) Cirrus

29.) This cloud is a/an: a) Cumulonimbus b) Cirrocumulus c) Altocumulus d) Altostratus

30.) This cloud is a/an: a) Cirrus b) Altocumulus c) Cumulonimbus d) Altostratus

31.) This cloud is a/an: a) Cirrus b) Stratus c) Nimbostratus d) Stratocumulus

32.) This cloud is a/an: a) Cirrostratus b) Altostratus c) Cumulonimbus d) Cirrocumulus

33.) This cloud is a/an: a) Nimbostratus b) Stratus c) Cirrus d) Cirrostratus

34.) Nimbo/Nimbus means that clouds produce: a) shade b) precipitation c) altitude

35.) Water droplets form when water condenses: a) below O o C b) above 32 o C c) below 32 o C d) above O o C