Unit 4: Weather
Classifying Clouds
Statement of Inquiry: The properties of matter change a
function of its composition, energy and the motion of its
particles.
Task: Create a chart that can be used to identify the
three basic cloud types using the materials provided.
Write a companion informative essay that explains how
clouds are formed and how cirrus, cumulus and stratus
clouds can be identified.
In your essay, please address the questions below:
What are clouds? How do clouds form? What are the
three basic types of clouds? What do they look like? How
are they different? What is a nimbus cloud? How does a
cumulus cloud become a cumulonimbus cloud? What
determines what types of precipitation will occur?
Explain why.