Clouds and Precipitation Exam Review Assignment

What do you need in order for a cloud to form? (Check all correct answers)

• Fully saturated air (RH = 100%)

• Water

• Fully saturated air (RH = 75%)

• Condensation Nuclei

What is happening in this picture that is causing precipitation? (Check all correct answers)

• The warm air has hit a barrier (cold air) and has risen.

• The rising air reached its dew point, becoming saturated.

• The saturated air condensed into a cloud.

• Coalescence happened in the cloud creating larger water droplets.

• Precipitation began when the coalesced water drops where pulled down by gravity.

What is the prefix for high level clouds?

• Cirro

• Alto

• Strato

• Meso

What is the prefix for mid level clouds?

• Cirro

• Alto

• Strato

• Meso

What is the prefix for low level clouds?

• Cirro

• Alto

• Strato

• Meso

What is the prefix for precipitation potential in a cloud.

• Nimbus

• Nimbo

• Strato

• Cumulo

What is the suffix for precipitation potential in a cloud.

• Nimbus

• Nimbo

• Strato

• Cumulo

What are the three basic cloud shapes?

• Stratus

• Cumulus

• Nimbus

• Cirrus

• Fractus

What are the three high level clouds.

• Cirrus

• Stratus

• Cirrostratus

• Cirrocumulus

• Altostratus

What are the two mid level clouds.

• Altocumulus

• Stratus

• Altocirrus

• Cirrocumulus

• Altostratus