MCQs on What is the weight of cloud?
by Yogi P - February 5, 2025
MCQs on What is the weight of cloud?
Question 1: How much does a typical cumulus cloud weigh?
- A 50 tons
- B 500 tons
- C 5,000 tons
- D 5 tons
Answer: (B) 500 tons
Question 2: How are clouds formed?
- A By heating water droplets at low altitudes
- B By condensation of water vapor into tiny droplets or ice crystals at high altitudes
- C By mixing air and dust particles
- D By evaporation of seawater into the atmosphere
Answer: (B) By condensation of water vapor into tiny droplets or ice crystals at high altitudes
Question 3: What is the average water content in a cloud?
- A 10 grams per cubic meter
- B 0.5 to 1 gram per cubic meter
- C 5 to 10 grams per cubic meter
- D 0.05 grams per cubic meter
Answer: (B) 0.5 to 1 gram per cubic meter
Question 4: What is the approximate volume of a typical cumulus cloud?
- A 1,000 cubic meters
- B 10,000 cubic meters
- C 1,000,000 cubic meters
- D 1,000,000,000 cubic meters
Answer: (D) 1,000,000,000 cubic meters
Question 5: What is the weight of a cloud comparable to?
- A The weight of a small car
- B The weight of 100 elephants or a small airplane
- C The weight of a skyscraper
- D The weight of a human
Answer: (B) The weight of 100 elephants or a small airplane
Question 6: Why don’t clouds fall despite their heavy weight?
- A Their density is too high for gravity to act
- B Air resistance pushes them upward
- C Tiny water droplets, buoyant force, and warm air currents keep them suspended
- D Clouds are lighter than air
Answer: (C) Tiny water droplets, buoyant force, and warm air currents keep them suspended
Question 7: What role does buoyant force play in keeping clouds afloat?
- A It pushes clouds downward to balance gravity
- B It counteracts gravity and provides upward lift
- C It increases the density of the clouds
- D It helps clouds condense into rain
Answer: (B) It counteracts gravity and provides upward lift
Question 8: What natural phenomenon occurs due to light dispersion by water droplets in clouds?
- A Thunder
- B Rainbows
- C Lightning
- D Fog formation
Answer: (B) Rainbows
Question 9: Which factor does NOT influence the weight of a cloud?
- A Size of the cloud
- B Density of water droplets
- C Type of cloud
- D Altitude of the cloud
Answer: (D) Altitude of the cloud
Question 10: Which field of study explores questions like “How much does a cloud weigh?”?
- A Botany
- B Meteorology
- C Geology
- D Astronomy
Answer: (B) Meteorology
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