Clouds and Weather

______________ forms when water vapor cools and condenses around particles of dust and smoke to make tiny water droplets that gather together.

• Clouds

• Fog

• Ice Crystals

• Water Vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

___________ clouds look the most like cotton balls. They're puffy and white with flat bottoms.

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

____________ clouds are wispy and feather-like clouds.

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

__________________ clouds are middle clouds, they look like cotton balls

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

__________________ clouds are low clouds that look like bed sheets covering the sky.

• Cumulus

• Stratus

• Cirrus

• Cumulonimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

____________ causes water droplets to fall to Earth, this is called rain.

• Gravity

• Water Dropets

• Rain

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Clouds are made up of tiny drops of ______ or ice. The moisture in the cloud affects the weather.

• dust
• water
• cloud particles
• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are the closest to the ground. Their name means layer- or sheet like. They bring rain or snow and cover most of the sky. 

• Cirrus
• Stratus
• Cumulonimbus
• Cumulus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How do clouds form?

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Cirrus clouds mean ...

• fair weather (nice)
• thunderstorms
• rain/storms coming
• long periods of rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5