Clouds: shapes and signs ☁️
Learn to spot cirrus, cumulus and nimbus, and read what they signal in the sky!
What this quiz asks
- 1Which cloud looks like a big round puff of cotton in calm weather?
- 2Where are cirrus clouds mostly found?
- 3Which cloud often brings light, steady drizzle?
- 4Which is the big storm cloud with an anvil-shaped top?
- 5A halo around the Sun (cirrostratus) often signals…
- 6The base of fair-weather cumulus usually sits…
- 7What does the Latin term "nimbus" mean in a cloud's name?
- 8In the Northern Hemisphere, wind circles a low-pressure system…
- 9Where do altocumulus lenticularis typically form?
- 10Which sign often heralds a storm on a summer late afternoon?
