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Q1: Which Cloud type is associated with thunderstorms?
nimbostratus
cumulonimbus
cirrostratus
altostratus

Q2: Which cloud type is seen at higher altitudes?
cirrus
stratus
cumulonimbus
altostratus

Q3: What cloud is also referred to as a thunderhead?
cirrostratus
cumulonimbus
nimbostratus
altocumulus

Q4: Which cloud is often responsible for a drizzle of rain?
stratus
cirrocumulus
altostratus
cirrus

Q5: Which cloud type is seen during a clear day as strands?
cumulus
stratus
cirrus
cumulonimbus

Q6: What type of cloud is found at the lowest altitude?

Q7: What cloud type resembles a lens?

Q8: What is the name for a cloud that forms on the ground?

Q9: What causes the clouds to be gray during a rain storm?

Q10: Name the primary difference between fog and a cloud.

Q11: What is the main material of a cloud?
dust water droplets and ice crystals nitrogen oxygen

Q12: What does the alto prefix mean for a cloud?
low-level cloud high-level cloud middle-level cloud vertical cloud

Q13: What does the nimbus prefix indicate for a cloud?
low altitude precipitation thin harmless

Q14: Which cloud causes an overcast?
altostratus cumulus cirrus stratocumulus

Q15: Which cloud is formed by unstable air causing strong updrafts?
cirrostratus nimbostratus cumulonimbus stratocumulus

Q16: Which of these are low-level clouds?
cumulus
stratus
cirrus
nimbostratus

Q17: Which clouds are most responsible for precipitation?
cirrostratus
cumulonimbus
nimbostratus
altostratus

Q18: Which of these form at higher a higher altitude?
cirrus
altostratus
cirrostratus
cumulus

Q19: Which of these are usually found in stable weather?
cumulonimbus
cirrus
cumulus
stratocumulus

Q20: Which clouds pass through multiple atmospheric layers?
cirrus
altostratus
cumulonimbus
stratocumulus