Clouds

By: Brittany Nixon

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Clouds• At one point in life we have looked up to see clouds in the sky and have probably thought wow that cloud looks like something such as a rabbit but there is more to clouds then just the shape they resemble.• There are many different types of clouds and weather can even be predicted by looking at them.

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Cirrus Clouds

• Thin and wispy

• Cirrus clouds are made entirely of ice crystals• They typically predict fair

weather

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Cumulus Clouds• Poufy white or slightly

grey clouds• Often described as

looking like floating cotton• Can signal either good or

bad weather

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Cumulonimbus Clouds• Like a cumulus cloud

cumulonimbus tend to be very puffy clouds.• They are very tall clouds

almost as if a tower and often have an anvil top.• Sign of heavy precipitation

and possible thunderstorms.

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Stratus Clouds

• Stratus Clouds are low in the sky. • They tend to look like one

large cloud that covers the majority of the sky.• Light precipitation can be

expected when stratus clouds are present.

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Nimbostratus Clouds• Like Stratus Clouds

Nimbostratus are low in the sky• Nimbostratus clouds are

grey and thick enough to keep the sun from shinning through.• Almost always a sign of

precipitation.

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Quiz Time!!

Name That Cloud!Start!!

Name that Cloud!

A. NimbostratusB. CumulonimbusC. Cumulus D. CirrusE. Stratus

Poufy white or slightly grey clouds, often described as looking like floating cotton and can signal either good or bad weather

Name that Cloud!

A. NimbostratusB. CumulonimbusC. Cumulus D. CirrusE. Stratus

low in the sky, they tend to look like one large cloud that covers the majority of the sky and light precipitation can be expected when present.

Name that Cloud!

A. NimbostratusB. CumulonimbusC. Cumulus D. CirrusE. Stratus

Puffy clouds, they are very tall clouds, almost as if a tower, and often have an anvil top. Sign of heavy precipitation and possible thunderstorms.

Name that Cloud!

A. NimbostratusB. CumulonimbusC. Cumulus D. CirrusE. Stratus

Thin and wispy, are made entirely of ice crystal, and they typically predict fair weather when present.

Name that Cloud!

A. NimbostratusB. CumulonimbusC. Cumulus D. CirrusE. Stratus

• Low in the sky, are grey and thick enough to keep the sun from shinning through, almost always a sign of precipitation.

Correct!! Cirrus Clouds are…• Thin and wispy

• Cirrus clouds are made entirely of ice crystals

• They typically predict fair weather

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Correct!! Cumulus Clouds• Poufy white or slightly grey clouds

• Often described as looking like floating cotton

• Can signal either good or bad weather

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Correct!! Cumulonimbus Clouds• Like a cumulus cloud cumulonimbus

tend to be very puffy clouds.

• They are very tall clouds almost as if a tower and often have an anvil top.

• Sign of heavy precipitation and possible thunderstorms.

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Correct!! Stratus Clouds• Stratus Clouds are low in the sky.

• They tend to look like one large cloud that covers the majority of the sky.

• Light precipitation can be expected when stratus clouds are present.

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Correct!! Nimbostratus Clouds• Like Stratus Clouds Nimbostratus are

low in the sky

• Nimbostratus clouds are grey and thick enough to keep the sun from shinning through.

• Almost always a sign of precipitation.

Finish Quiz…

Incorrect Cirrus Clouds are…• Thin and wispy

• Cirrus clouds are made entirely of ice crystals

• They typically predict fair weather

Try Again

Incorrect Cumulonimbus Clouds• Like a cumulus cloud cumulonimbus

tend to be very puffy clouds.

• They are very tall clouds almost as if a tower and often have an anvil top.

• Sign of heavy precipitation and possible thunderstorms.

Try Again

Incorrect Stratus Clouds• Stratus Clouds are low in the sky.

• They tend to look like one large cloud that covers the majority of the sky.

• Light precipitation can be expected when stratus clouds are present.

Try Again

Incorrect Nimbostratus Clouds• Like Stratus Clouds Nimbostratus are

low in the sky

• Nimbostratus clouds are grey and thick enough to keep the sun from shinning through.

• Almost always a sign of precipitation.

Try Again

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Incorrect Cirrus Clouds are…• Thin and wispy

• Cirrus clouds are made entirely of ice crystals

• They typically predict fair weather

Try Again

Incorrect Cumulus Clouds• Poufy white or slightly grey clouds

• Often described as looking like floating cotton

• Can signal either good or bad weather

Try Again

Incorrect Stratus Clouds• Stratus Clouds are low in the sky.

• They tend to look like one large cloud that covers the majority of the sky.

• Light precipitation can be expected when stratus clouds are present.

Try Again

Incorrect Nimbostratus Clouds• Like Stratus Clouds Nimbostratus are

low in the sky

• Nimbostratus clouds are grey and thick enough to keep the sun from shinning through.

• Almost always a sign of precipitation.

Try Again

3

Incorrect Cirrus Clouds are…• Thin and wispy

• Cirrus clouds are made entirely of ice crystals

• They typically predict fair weather

Try Again

Incorrect Cumulus Clouds• Poufy white or slightly grey clouds

• Often described as looking like floating cotton

• Can signal either good or bad weather

Try Again

Incorrect Cumulonimbus Clouds• Like a cumulus cloud cumulonimbus

tend to be very puffy clouds.

• They are very tall clouds almost as if a tower and often have an anvil top.

• Sign of heavy precipitation and possible thunderstorms.

Try Again

Incorrect Nimbostratus Clouds• Like Stratus Clouds Nimbostratus are

low in the sky

• Nimbostratus clouds are grey and thick enough to keep the sun from shinning through.

• Almost always a sign of precipitation.

Try Again

4

Incorrect Cumulus Clouds• Poufy white or slightly grey clouds

• Often described as looking like floating cotton

• Can signal either good or bad weather

Try Again

Incorrect Cumulonimbus Clouds• Like a cumulus cloud cumulonimbus

tend to be very puffy clouds.

• They are very tall clouds almost as if a tower and often have an anvil top.

• Sign of heavy precipitation and possible thunderstorms.

Try Again

Incorrect Stratus Clouds• Stratus Clouds are low in the sky.

• They tend to look like one large cloud that covers the majority of the sky.

• Light precipitation can be expected when stratus clouds are present.

Try Again

Incorrect Nimbostratus Clouds• Like Stratus Clouds Nimbostratus are

low in the sky

• Nimbostratus clouds are grey and thick enough to keep the sun from shinning through.

• Almost always a sign of precipitation.

Try Again

5

Incorrect Cirrus Clouds are…• Thin and wispy

• Cirrus clouds are made entirely of ice crystals

• They typically predict fair weather

Try Again

Incorrect Cumulus Clouds• Poufy white or slightly grey clouds

• Often described as looking like floating cotton

• Can signal either good or bad weather

Try Again

Incorrect Cumulonimbus Clouds• Like a cumulus cloud cumulonimbus

tend to be very puffy clouds.

• They are very tall clouds almost as if a tower and often have an anvil top.

• Sign of heavy precipitation and possible thunderstorms.

Try Again

Incorrect Stratus Clouds• Stratus Clouds are low in the sky.

• They tend to look like one large cloud that covers the majority of the sky.

• Light precipitation can be expected when stratus clouds are present.

Try Again

References• http://

commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cirrus_clouds_mar08.jpg• http://

www.ehow.com/info_8588698_description-nimbostratus-cloud.html• http://www.davidadamsonline.com/cumulonimbus.htm• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulus_cloud• http://weather.ou.edu/~smglenn/clouds.html