Lesson 4.4 - Cloud Types Quiz

Cloud patterns have been used by humans to predict the weather for how long?

• months

• years

• centuries

Clouds can help us predict upcoming changes in weather - but how far in advance can they accurately show us this?

• 2-3 hours

• 2-3 days

• 2-3 weeks

• 2-3 months

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The big, white, puffy clouds that are spread across the blue sky are known as ______________ clouds.

• cirrus

• stratus

• cumulus

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Cumulus clouds usually suggest _____________ weather.

• fair and dry

• rainy and wet

• windy

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Flat, hazy clouds that are LOW above the earth’s surface describe which cloud type?

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

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Low, gray stratus clouds usually mean what kind of weather?

• sunny, clear weather

• light rain or snow

• severe storms

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VERY LOW stratus clouds are known as

• rain clouds

• fog

• tornadoes

• Jeff

Sometimes called thunderheads, these tall clouds bring severe storms with high wind, heavy rain and lots of lightning.

• cumulonimbus

• cirrostratus

• altocumulus

• cumulus

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Farmers in Africa look to pre-dawn stars to predict rain. Which sky conditions lead them to wait several weeks to plant their crops, because it often means rain will come late in the growing season?

• bright, clear stars

• less bright, dim stars

• no stars

Scientists have only had technology to predict El Niño for 20 years. How long have South American farmers been using the stars to predict the El Niño?

• hundreds of years

• thousands of years

• millions of years