Fog
A tornado that does not touch the ground is a funnel cloud.
This is called fog. It can get really thick.
Ground Beef
There are 3 main places lightening can travel from. The ground to a cloud, a cloud to a cloud, and the cloud to the ground.
Fog, or if it isn't too thick then you would probably call it mist.
Fog, or if it isn't too thick then you would probably call it mist.
There are three types of lightening, There is Ground-to-cloud, Cloud-to-ground and cloud-to-cloud.
Fog is what we call the cloud close to the ground.
fogfogA cloud that forms close to the ground is known as a stratus cloud.
There are many types of lightning STREAMERS that start a lightning strike. There are 3 basic places where streamers will originate from. They can come from a cloud to the ground or the ground to a cloud or from cloud to cloud. So your teacher was correct. But not always from the ground.
A funnel cloud that touches the ground is a tornado.
Yes, fog is a ground level cloud.