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Homeroom

Homeroom. Read . Warm-up. Read the text on clouds. Answer the questions on the back in your notebook. Warm Up. When you walk in, put your notebook on the counter and turn in your homework DO NOT SIT DOWN UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THE FIRST THING!!. Clouds.

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Homeroom

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  1. Homeroom Read

  2. Warm-up • Read the text on clouds. Answer the questions on the back in your notebook.

  3. Warm Up • When you walk in, put your notebook on the counter and turn in your homework • DO NOT SIT DOWN UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THE FIRST THING!!

  4. Clouds • Condensed water droplets or solid ice crystals that float in Earth’s troposphere, moving with the wind.

  5. How do clouds form? • When warm and cool air meet • Warm air rises up the side of a mountain and cools as it rises • Warm air flows over a cooler area This occurs because cool air can hold less water vapor than warmer air.

  6. Cloud Classification • Clouds are classified into a system that uses Latin words to describe the appearance of clouds.

  7. Cumulus • Latin Root: Cumulus • Translation: Heap • Draw a picture!

  8. Stratus • Latin root: Stratus • Translation: layered or spread out • Draw a picture!

  9. Cirrus • Latin root: Cirrus • Translation: curl of hair or wispy • Draw a picture!

  10. Nimbus • Latin root: nimbus • Translation: rain • Draw a picture!

  11. Further Classification • Further classification identifies clouds by… Height of cloud’s base

  12. Levels of Clouds • Cirrus: high levels • Above 20,000ft made of ice crystals • Thin and white in appearance • Can appear in many color at dusk • No precipitation

  13. Alto: Middle levels • Between 6,500 to 20,000ft • Made of water droplets or ice • Weather associated

  14. Stratus: Low levels • Below 6,500 feet • Rain • Water droplets or ice particles/snow • Fog: cloud in contact with the ground. Can also be another form of stratus cloud • Contrails: made from jet fuel released in the air at high altitude.

  15. Vertical development Clouds • Can grow to heights in excess of 39,000 ft. • Severe weather associated • Energy within the cloud

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