Clouds and Frontal Precipitation Exercise

Clouds and Frontal Precipitation

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Clouds and Frontal Precipitation

Examine how cloud formation and precipitation relate to lifting air at weather fronts. Learn to connect specific cloud types with frontal rain and atmospheric uplift.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    What process forms clouds as warm air rises and cools at a front?

  2. MultiChoice

    What flat, sheet-like gray clouds cover the sky during a warm front?

  3. MultiChoice

    What tall clouds bring severe thunderstorms along a cold front?

  4. MultiChoice

    Which high ice-crystal clouds are the first sign of an approaching warm front?

  5. MultiChoice

    What cloud type produces widespread, continuous rain or snow?

  6. MultiChoice

    What happens when air cools down to its dew point temperature?

  7. MultiChoice

    Why do cold fronts produce narrower rain bands than warm fronts?

  8. MultiChoice

    What frozen precipitation form can occur inside violent cumulonimbus clouds?

  9. MultiChoice

    How does cloud height change as a warm front comes closer?

  10. MultiChoice

    Which cloud type looks like fluffy white cotton balls on a fair day?

  11. MultiChoice

    What is fog?

  12. MultiChoice

    What energy source fuels storm activity along a weather front?