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Which one of the following types of cloud rarely forms at height lower than 5000 metres?
A
Stratus
B
Cumulus
C
Cirrus
D
Nimbostratus
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Which one of the following types of cloud rarely forms at height lower than 5000 metres?
Stratus
Cumulus
Cirrus
Nimbostratus
Which one of the following precipitation conditions is not characteristic of frontal rainfall type?
Precipitation falls during the passage of a depression in zones facing the passage
It occurs in the middle and high latitudes
It is distinguished from the cyclonic rain because of the prolonged drizzling rain which falls from the warm front of the depression
Cloud burst with longer duration of rain is associated with the squally passage of the cold front
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of cloud forms in ascending order of their heights from the ground?
Cirrus, cumulus, stratus
Cumulus, stratus, cirrus
Stratus, cirrus, cumulus
Stratus, cumulus, cirrus
Which of the following types of clouds is a low level cloud
Cirrus
Cirrocumulus
Stratocumulus
Altocumulus
Which of the following statement is/are correct
Altocumulus - altus and cumulus - high heap
Altostratus - altus and stratus - high layer
Cirrocumulus - cirrus and cumulus - lock of hair and heap
All the above
Which of the following statement is/are correct
High clouds - Cirrocumulus, Cirrus, Cirrostratus
Middle clouds - Altostratus, Altocumulus
Low clouds - Cumulus, Stratocumulu Nimbostratus, Stratus
All the above
Which of the following sequences of clouds in ascending order would one meet 500 metres and above the mean sea level?
Stratus, Nimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrus
Nimbus, Cirrostratus, Cirrocumulus, Stratus
Cirrostratus, Stratus, Nimbus, Cumulonimbus
Stratus, Cirrostratus, Cumulonumbus, Cirrocumulus
Which of the following is not a low cloud?
Stratus
Cirro stratus
Nimbo stratus
Cumulo nimbus
Which of the following is a cloud on the ground?
Funnel cloud
Fog
Wall cloud
Shelf cloud
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
Cumulus
Nimbostratus
Stratus
Stratocumulus
Which clouds occurs at the highest altitude
Altostratus
Cirrostratus
Stratocumulus
Noctilucent
What is a cloud?
It is a kind of mist
It is a kind of frost
It is a kind condensed form of dew
It is a kind of fog lifted above the earths surface
Thunderstorms originate from
Nimbostratus clouds
Altocumulus clouds
Stratus clouds
Cumulonimbus
This is the visible portion of a tornadic circulation produced by condensation of rapidly rotating rising air.
Hook echo
Mammatus
Funnel cloud
Wall cloud
These are cirrocumulus that look like fish scales.
Lenticular
Mackerel Sky
Mares tails
Uncinus
The two ingredients needed to form clouds aloft are
Instability and lifting
Lifting and saturated air
Wind shear and Lifting
Air with a high dewpoint and instability
The term stratus means
Vertically developed
Upper level
Horizontally layered
Low level
The prefix alto means
Upper
Middle
Lower
none of the above
The percentage of radiant energy reflected back by surface is called
Albedo
Greenhouse effect
Insolation
Refraction
The most fair weathered and smallest of the cumulus clouds is the
Cumulus congestus
Cumulonimbus
Cumulus humilis
none of the above