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When a cloud forms over and extends downwind of an isolated mountain peak, it is called a ____ cloud.
   a. lenticular
   b. banner
   c. cap
   d. pileus
   e. mammatus

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In 1887, Ralph Abercromby and Hugo Hildebrandsson expanded Howards original cloud classification system and published a classification system that, with only slight modification, is still in use today. In their system, ____ principal cloud forms are divided into ____ primary cloud groups.
   a. eight; two
   b. nine; three
   c. ten; four
   d. eleven; five
   e. twelve; six


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amynguyen1221

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Reply #1 on: Jul 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: c


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