Meteorology for Yacht Captain Quiz_1

What type of clouds are formed when warm and humid air rises and reaches the dew point temperature?

• Stratus clouds

• Cumulus clouds

• Nimbus clouds

• Cirrus clouds

What type of clouds are associated with frontal rains and are formed when warm air rises over cold air, creating horizontal development at higher altitudes?

• Cumulonimbus clouds

• Cirrostratus clouds

• Altostratus clouds

• Cirrocumulus clouds

What type of clouds are characterized by uniform layers of dark gray color, block the passage of sunlight, and produce continuous but not very intense precipitation?

• Cirrostratus clouds

• Cumulus clouds

• Stratus clouds

• Cirrus clouds

What is the correct sequence of phases in the formation of a storm?

• Initiation, Maturity, Termination

• Formation, Growth, Dissipation

• Formation, Maturity, Dissipation

• Development, Maturity, Dissipation

What is the term for a phenomenon in the atmosphere characterized by intense and short-duration precipitation with strong winds?

• Chaparrones

• Alisios

• Trombas

• Nimbus

What are the three phases of the formation of a storm?

• Formation, Growth, Dissipation

• Development, Maturity, Termination

• Initiation, Maturity, Termination

• Formation, Maturity, Dissipation

What type of precipitation phenomenon is characterized by its high intensity and rapid appearance and disappearance?

• Sleet

• Hail

• Chaparrones

• Drizzle

What are the consequences of an electrical discharge in the atmosphere?

• Lightning, Thunder, Hail

• Thunder, Lightning, Hail

• Lightning, Thunder, Rain

• Rain, Hail, Thunder

What is the term for the sound produced when the air is suddenly heated and expanded by a lightning discharge?

• Tornado

• Thunder

• Cyclone

• Whirlwind

What factor influences visibility in the atmosphere?

• Wind

• Pressure

• Humidity

• Temperature