Quiz about clouds, fronts

Question 1

Name the cloud.

Accepted Answer

cirrus

Answer

cumulus

Answer

stratus

Answer

fog

Question 2

Name the cloud.

Accepted Answer

cumulus

Answer

cirrus

Answer

cumulonimbus

Answer

stratus

Question 3

Name the cloud.

Accepted Answer

stratus

Answer

cirrus

Answer

cumulonimbus

Answer

cirrus

Question 4

Clouds forming when condensation occurs at or near the ground:

Accepted Answer

fog

Answer

cumulus

Answer

cirrus

Answer

stratus

Question 5

Clouds formed at the highest elevation, made of ice crystals:

Accepted Answer

cirrus

Answer

cumulus

Answer

nimbus

Answer

stratus

Question 6

When this prefix or suffix is attached to a cloud's name, it means it will bring rain:

Accepted Answer

nimbus

Answer

alto

Answer

fog

Answer

frost

Question 7

The name given to an area between where two air masses collide together.

Accepted Answer

front

Answer

air mass

Answer

pillow

Answer

back

Question 8

This type of front occurs when neither a warm nor a cold mass moves at a frontal boundary.

Accepted Answer

stationary front

Answer

warm front

Answer

cold front

Answer

occluded front

Question 9

What symbol is this?

Accepted Answer

warm front

Answer

cold front

Answer

stationary front

Answer

occluded front

Question 10

What symbol is this?

Accepted Answer

cold front

Answer

warm front

Answer

stationary front

Answer

occluded front

Question 11

What type of front is shown?

Accepted Answer

Warm Front

Answer

Cold Front

Answer

Occluded Front

Answer

Stationary Front

Question 12

What type of front is shown?

Accepted Answer

Cold Front

Answer

Warm Front

Answer

Occluded Front

Answer

Stationary Front

Question 13

What type of front is shown?

Accepted Answer

Occluded Front

Answer

Warm Front

Answer

Cold Front

Answer

Stationary Front

Question 14

What type of front is shown?

Accepted Answer

Stationary Front

Answer

Warm Front

Answer

Cold Front

Answer

Occluded Front

Question 15

How does the air in this type of front move?

Accepted Answer

Warm air slowly moves over cold air

Answer

Warm air rapidly moves up when meeting cold air

Answer

Warm air is trapped between two colder air masses

Answer

Warm air meets cold air and cannot move

Question 16

How does the air in this type of front move?

Accepted Answer

Warm air meets cold air and cannot move

Answer

Warm air slowly moves over cold air

Answer

Warm air rapidly moves up when meeting cold air

Answer

Warm air is trapped between two colder air masses

Question 17

What type of weather does this front bring?

Accepted Answer

Cloudiness and light precipitation; warm and mild weather follows

Answer

Thunderstorms can occur; cool, fair weather follows

Answer

Many days of clouds and precipitation

Answer

Temperature drops; strong winds and heavy precipitation

Question 18

What does symbol # 3 mean?

Accepted Answer

stationary front

Answer

occluded front

Answer

warm front

Answer

cold front

Question 19

A front is

Accepted Answer

a line where two different air masses meet

Answer

where warm air is cooling at earth's surface

Answer

a line where hot and cold air are separating

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where cold air is rising and forming rain clouds

Question 20

Which type of front is associated with purple humps and triangles facing the same direction?

Accepted Answer

Occluded

Answer

Cold

Answer

Warm

Answer

Stationary

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