Clouds Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice
Clouds MCQ Questions for Practice
16. Fog formed by cooling of the earths surface at night is
Correct Answer is: Radiation fog
17. Precipitation that vaporizes before making it to the earths surface is
Correct Answer is: Virga
18. The clouds extending from one side of horizon to other as a dark grey sheet having uniform base are called
Correct Answer is: Stratus clouds
19. The clouds float in the atmosphere because of their low
Correct Answer is: density
20. The most fair weathered and smallest of the cumulus clouds is the
Correct Answer is: Cumulus humilis
21. The percentage of radiant energy reflected back by surface is called
Correct Answer is: Albedo
22. The prefix alto means
Correct Answer is: Middle
23. The term stratus means
Correct Answer is: Horizontally layered
24. The two ingredients needed to form clouds aloft are
Correct Answer is: Lifting and saturated air
25. These are cirrocumulus that look like fish scales.
Correct Answer is: Mackerel Sky
26. This is the visible portion of a tornadic circulation produced by condensation of rapidly rotating rising air.
Correct Answer is: Funnel cloud
27. Thunderstorms originate from
Correct Answer is: Cumulonimbus
28. What is a cloud?
Correct Answer is: It is a kind of mist
29. Which clouds occurs at the highest altitude
Correct Answer is: Noctilucent
30. Which of the following cloud are sometimes called fair weather clouds but can grow into more storm-condition douds, and continued upward growth suggests showers later in the day
