What are clouds?

What inspired Dr. Joanne Simpson to study clouds?

• Her fascination with their appearance as a child

• Her professors' encouragement

• The scientific importance of clouds

• The need to prove women can be serious scientists

How do clouds form according to the passage?

• When water vapor in air parcels condenses into liquid water

• When warm air rises and cools

• When air parcels lose energy

• When water droplets freeze into ice crystals

What are 'hot tower' clouds as described in the passage?

• A type of cumulonimbus cloud

• Clouds that look like UFOs

• Clouds that form in cold temperatures

• Clouds that resemble hanging grapes

What role does energy play in cloud formation?

• Energy transfer causes air parcels to cool, leading to condensation

• Energy causes water droplets to freeze into ice crystals

• Energy makes air parcels rise into the troposphere

• Energy prevents clouds from forming

What is the significance of Joanne Simpson's work in meteorology?

• It helped understand cloud formation processes

• It proved women can be serious scientists

• It showed clouds are unimportant

• It focused on the beauty of clouds