A Little Bit of Weather

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1. What are bubble-like protrusions that can sometimes hang from the base of a cumulonimbus cloud called? Tubos Mammatus Pannus Calvus

2. What type of cloud has multiple tower-like pillars protruding upwards? Pillarius Castellanus Spissatus Towerus

3. What type of cloud appears as a lens or almond shape? Almondular Cumulensus Nacreous Lenticular

4. What is the phenomenon in which rain evaporates before it reaches the ground? Virga Streakus Evaporatus Floccus

5. What are cirriform-type clouds made up of? Water droplets Ozone Carbon dioxide Ice crystals

6. What is the phenomenon in which sun rays are visible out of the top or bottom of a cloud? Opticus fibrous Sun ladders Crepuscular rays Aurora borealis

7. What are the ragged cloud fragments that usually form beneath the base of a stratus layer called? Fragmentus Raggus Stratus pieces Fractus

8. Sometimes, cumulus clouds can form from industrial smoke, volcanic eruptions, and forest fires. What are these types of clouds known as? Volcumulus Pyrocumulus Fire cloud Noctilucence

9. There are two classifications for the cumulonimbus cloud (CB3 and CB9). What are the two different types? Cumulonimbus without an anvil and cumulonimbus with an anvil Cumulonimbus without rain and cumulonimbus with rain Cumulonimbus in the daytime and cumulonimbus at night Cumulonimbus with thunder and cumulonimbus without thunder

10. Fog and mist are similar, but not completely the same. What distinguishes fog from mist? Location Temperature Density Time of year