Quiz  /  Clouds

  • 1. 
    What do we call a cloud that forms right on the surface of the Earth?

  • Fog
  • Altostratus
  • Cirrus
  • Cumulus

  • 2. 
    What are clouds made of?

  • Microscopic gas bubbles
  • Nitrogen and Oxygen
  • Helium
  • Tiny droplets or frozen crystals of water

  • 3. 
    Most clouds form as ______ air rises in the atmosphere?

  • Dry
  • Cold
  • Warm
  • Polluted

  • 4. 
    What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'high' cloud?

  • Cirrus
  • Cumulus
  • Stratus
  • Alto

  • 5. 
    What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'medium' cloud?

  • Cirrus
  • Cumulus
  • Alto
  • Stratus

  • 6. 
    What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'low' cloud?

  • Stratus
  • Alto
  • Cumulus
  • Cirrus

  • 7. 
    What word tells us that a cloud is considered a 'vertical' cloud?

  • Cumulus
  • Alto
  • Stratus
  • Cirrus

  • 8. 
    Which of the following types of clouds is usually associated with severe thunderstorms?

  • Cirrus
  • Cumulus
  • Cumulonimbus
  • Altostratus

  • 9. 
    Which of the following types of clouds are high level clouds that are thin and wispy?

  • Cirrus
  • Altostratus
  • Cumulus
  • Fog

  • 10. 
    What is it that keeps clouds floating in the air?

  • They are mostly helium
  • Gravity
  • Warm air below them
  • They are lighter than air
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