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PPQuiz_All About Clouds_23April2022

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a cloud?

a)

A ball of gases

b)

Frozen water

c)

Aerosol

d)

collection of dirt particles

2.

What is the original colour of a cloud?

a)

White

b)

Grey

c)

Pale yellow

d)

They are colourless

3.

Why does a cloud look grey sometimes?

a)

Because it is formed of dust

b)

Because it has become too bulky/heavy

c)

Because it is made of frozen droplets

d)

Because it is the natural colour of a cloud

4.

Which clouds are short, detached and look like tufts of hair?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Cirrostratus

c)

Cirrocumulus

d)

Altocumulus

5.

Which clouds are grey or blue-grey and usually cover the whole sky?

a)

Cirrostratus

b)

Altocumulus

c)

Stratus

d)

Altostratus

6.

What happens when cumulus clouds grow too big?

a)

They disperse throughout the sky

b)

They disintegrate into cirrus clouds

c)

They become thunderstorms

d)

They burst

7.

.............................. are a mixture of water vapour and dust particles

a)

Rain

b)

Clouds

c)

Droplets

d)

Lightning

8.

Clouds are a very important part of the ............................ cycle

a)

Atmospheric

b)

Tectonic

c)

Seismic

d)

Hydrologic

9.

Which of the following do clouds NOT precipitate in?

a)

Water

b)

Hail

c)

Smog

d)

Sleet

10.

How many types of clouds are there in all?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

50

d)

3

11.

What is the result of two heavy clouds coming in contact with each other?

a)

Lightning

b)

Thunder

c)

Hailstorm

d)

Cloud Burst

12.

Which type of cloud appears only in summers and springs?

a)

Cumulus

b)

Altostratus

c)

Shelf

d)

Cumulonimbus

13.

What is the meaning of the word 'cloud'?

a)

Rain God

b)

Rock Mass

c)

Mountain of Air

d)

Collected Water

14.

Which Hindu God is the God of clouds and rain?

a)

Varun

b)

Indra

c)

Mitra

d)

Soma

15.

What is the main Latin word for clouds?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Nimbus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Cumulonimbus

16.

Which of these clouds causes rains?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Shelf

c)

Nimbostratus

d)

Stratus

17.

How do clouds get their white colour?

a)

Because they are naturally white

b)

Because they are made of ice

c)

Due to the sunlight's reflection

d)

Because clouds are made of snow

18.

A heavy cloud that develops vertically is called ............................

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulonimbus

c)

Altostratus

d)

Cumulus Congestus

19.

What is the average size of a cloud?

a)

Upto 15,000 feet

b)

Upto 30,000 feet

c)

Upto 45,000 feet

d)

Upto 60,000 feet

20.

Which energy do clouds reflect back to space and produce cooling?

a)

Kinetic

b)

Potential

c)

Solar

d)

Gravitational

21.

Which clouds are mushroom shaped?

a)

Altostratus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Cumulonimbus

22.

What happens when a cloud rather than growing horizontally start growing vertically?

a)

They become towering clouds

b)

They become flat clouds

c)

They disintegrate into many horizontal clouds

d)

They become shelf clouds

23.

Which clouds produce rain but no lightning or thunder?

a)

Stratus

b)

Stratocumulus

c)

Nimbostratus

d)

Altocumulus

24.

Which of these is a middle level cloud?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Nimbostratus

c)

Altocumulus

d)

Cumulus

25.

What is the first step of cloud formation?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Creation of pressure

d)

Condensation

26.

Which clouds have characteristics like like large dark, rounded masses, usually in groups, lines, or waves?

a)

Nimbostratus

b)

Stratus

c)

Stratocumulus

d)

Altocumulus

27.

Which type of clouds are mainly composed of ice crystals because of the height they are found at?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Shelf

c)

Nimbostratus

d)

Altocumulus

28.

Which clouds shine brightly when sunlight passes through them?

a)

Altocumulus

b)

Cirrus

c)

Altostratus

d)

Cirrocumulus

29.

Which clouds can produce drizzle or a small amount of snow?

a)

Stratocumulus

b)

Nimbostratus

c)

Stratus

d)

Cirrostratus

30.

.................................. appear circular and spreads in the sky like a sheet

a)

Cirrus

b)

Cirrostratus

c)

Cirrocumulus

d)

Stratus

31.

Which clouds contain both water droplets and ice crystals?

a)

High Level Clouds

b)

Medium Level Clouds

c)

Low Level Clouds

d)

Vertical Clouds

32.

Which clouds do we see on a breezy, pleasant day?

a)

Cirrocumulus

b)

Nimbostratus

c)

Shelf

d)

Cirrostratus

33.

Which clouds indicate a rainy day?

a)

High-level clouds

b)

Middle-level clouds

c)

Low-level clouds

34.

When do clouds form vertically?

a)

When they grow from one layer to another

b)

When horizontal clouds make a horizontal chain

c)

When they are heavy

d)

When they are the lightest

35.

Which clouds are huge with a flat bottom?

a)

Cumulonimbus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Stratus

d)

Cirrus

36.

....................................... clouds are small mid-level layers or patches of clouds which are usually round in shape

a)

Altostratus

b)

Stratus

c)

Cumulus

d)

Altocumulus

37.

These clouds form at elevations below 6,500 feet

a)

High-level clouds

b)

Middle-level Clouds

c)

Low-Level Clouds

38.

Which are the main clouds that cause precipitation?

a)

Cumulus

b)

Cumulonimbus

c)

Shelf

d)

Cirrus

39.

Which clouds cannot be classified by their height?

a)

Contrails

b)

Unusual Clouds

c)

Clouds with Vertical Growth

d)

Low Clouds

40.

Altostratus and Altocumulus clouds come in which category?

a)

High Level Clouds

b)

Contrails

c)

Mid Level Clouds

d)

Low Level Clouds

41.

When excess raindrops come together the cloud turns ................. in color

a)

White

b)

Grey

c)

Black

d)

Brown

42.

................................. clouds are found at elevations of 20,000 feet

a)

High Level

b)

Low Level

c)

Contrails

d)

Unusual

43.

............................ clouds look like small dots spread across the sky

a)

Altostratus

b)

Nimbostratus

c)

Cirrocumulus

d)

Cirrus

44.

Which of these is not a low level cloud?

a)

Cirrostratus

b)

Stratus

c)

Nimbostratus

d)

Stratocumulus

45.

What is the second step in the formation of clouds?

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Formation of pressure

46.

When a few ............................... come together they become droplets

a)

Clouds

b)

Dust Particles

c)

Contrails

d)

Water Vapours

47.

How is pressure created in the environment?

a)

By a combination of nitrogen and CO2

b)

By a combination of warm air and cold air

c)

By a combination of two clouds

d)

By evaporated water vapours that condense into rain

48.

A ..................................... cloud is a multi-level, amorphous, nearly uniform cloud.

a)

Nimbostratus

b)

Shelf

c)

Altostratus

d)

Stratus

49.

True or False- Clouds regulate the earth's temperature

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Which clouds look like a thin crust of clouds?

a)

Cirrus

b)

Altocumulus

c)

Shelf

d)

Nimbostratus