ATSC 113 Midterm 1 Exam Questions
and Answers
What are the 2 main divisions of clouds? - Answer-Normal and Special
What are Cumuliform Clouds? - Answer-Normal Clouds
- look like stacks of cotton balls
- associated with updrafts (warm air rising)
What are some hazards of Cumuliform Clouds? - A...
- formed when wind hits a mountain and causes vertical oscillation
- may not be harmful
What are Rotor Clouds? - Answer✔✔-Type of Special Cloud
- turbulent, ragged looking clouds usually under a lenticular cloud
- form at lower altitudes under crest of mountain waves
What are Banner Clouds? - Answer✔✔-Type of Special Cloud
- surround mountain top
- formed on downside of mountain peak
What are Pyrocumulus Clouds? - Answer✔✔-Type of Special Cloud
- brownish or grey in colour
- form over forest fires or volcanoes
What are Pileus Clouds? - Answer✔✔-Type of Special Cloud
- little top over a cumulus cloud
- short lived
- formed due to rapid forming cumulus cloud
- not harmful
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