Clouds (short)

These clouds are wispy or curly, white, thin & feather-like

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

These clouds are very high in the sky.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

These clouds are made of ice crystals.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

These clouds are puffy and white and sometimes appear to have a flat bottom.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

These clouds appear in blanket-like layers.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

These clouds can bring thunderstorms, heavy rain, lightening, and sometimes hail.

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Which cloud is this?

• cumulus
• cumulonimbus
• cirrus
• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Clouds form when...

• liquid water is heated and evaporates to become water vapor in the atmosphere.
• water vapor in the atmosphere cools and condenses becoming water droplets in the atmosphere
• water droplets float upwards and gather together in the atmosphere to form a cloud.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Put in order the steps of how clouds form.

• Warm, moist air rises from the surface. As air rises, it cools.

• At a certain height, air cools to the dew point and condensation begins.

• Water vapor condenses on tiny particles in the air.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following

• thunderstorms

• Cumulus

• fair weather

• Cirrus

• fair weather

• stratus

• storms

• Cirrocumulus

• cloudy

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5