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Clouds

Clouds. Lily, Nicole, Margaret Anne, and Gunter. CHALLENGE:. Can you find four heads through out the slideshow?. How Do Clouds Form?.

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Clouds

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  1. Clouds Lily, Nicole, Margaret Anne, and Gunter

  2. CHALLENGE: Can you find four heads through out the slideshow?

  3. How Do Clouds Form? • Clouds are formed by little droplets of water and ice crystals. Water changes from water to water vapor and condenses back to water. Scientists call this “changing phases”.

  4. What are the Main Types of Clouds? • Stratus Cumulus Cirrus

  5. Cumulus • In Latin cumulus means heap. • These clouds look like cotton candy or cotton balls. • They usually form on sunny days. • They usually mean there is going to be good weather.

  6. Stratus • In Latin, stratus means flat, covering, or blanket. • They look like blankets layering the sky. • They cover most of the sky. • You often find a halo, veil, or rainbow above them.

  7. Cirrus • Its name is curl in Latin because it looks like a white curl of hair. Cirrus clouds are high and thin. They are made entirely of ice crystals. They form above 20000 feet in the air. Cirrus clouds mean we will have warm, moist air.

  8. Altocumulus • These clouds are puffy, and usually have dark undersides. They sometimes make mackerel sky because the ripples look like a fish’s scales.

  9. Nimbostratus • Nimbostratus clouds are dark and they form near the ground. • They are rain clouds.

  10. Cirrostatus • They are thin gauzelike sheets that form at the same high altitudes. They often create halos around the sun and moon.

  11. Nimbus • The Latin name for nimbus is rain. Nimbostratus are dark, low level clouds accompanied by light to moderately falling precipitation. Nimbus clouds might have ice particles and snow when temperatures are cold enough.

  12. Contrails • Another name for Contrail Clouds is Condensation Trails. The trail is condensed water vapor sometimes looking like a trail of a kite. They form in high altitudes and very cold temperatures freeze water drops in seconds, before they evaporate. Contrails form by water vapor injecting into the atmosphere by exhaust fumes from a jet engine.

  13. Mammatus Clouds • Mammatus clouds are a unique example of clouds sinking in the air and they are kind of like pouches. Mammatus clouds are harmless they don’t mean that a tornado is about to form.

  14. Pileus Clouds • These clouds are smooth and arefound at the tops of mountains.

  15. Orographic • Orographic clouds develop in response to lifting air and a forming cloud going up the mountains.

  16. Billow • Billow clouds are created by shakiness connected with air flow, marked with vertical trim. Kelvin- Hehnolts is a common name for this instability.

  17. Conclusion There are many different types of clouds and they are all very unique. There is not one cloud that is the same size, shape, or position.

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