3rd Grade Tech. Lab
Cloud Information Worksheet
http://www.weatherwizkids.com/weather-clouds.htm
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On the Weather Wizkids website, there are 8 paragraphs about clouds that appear above this graphic.
On lines below, write 3 interesting facts from those 8 paragraphs.
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Matching: Using the Cloud Chart and the cloud descriptions found at the bottom of the webpage, complete match the
name of the cloud with the description
_____Altostratus clouds
_____Cirrocumulus clouds
_____Nimbostratus clouds
_____Stratus clouds
_____Cirrostratus clouds
_____Stratocumulus clouds
_____Altocumulus clouds
_____Cirrus clouds
_____Cumulonimbus clouds
_____Cumulus clouds
A. These clouds appear as small, rounded white puffs that
appear in long rows. In tropical regions, they may indicate
an approaching hurricane.
B. These clouds are mid level clouds that are made of water
droplets and appear as gray puffy masses. If you see them
on a warm, sticky morning, be prepared to see
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
C. These clouds are uniform grayish clouds that often cover
the entire sky.
D. These clouds are the most common of the high clouds.
They are composed of ice and are thin, wispy clouds blown
in high winds into long streamers. These clouds are usually
white and predict fair to pleasant weather.
E. These clouds are white, puffy clouds that look like pieces
of floating cotton. They are often called "fair-weather
clouds". The base of each cloud is flat and the top of each
cloud has rounded towers.
F. These clouds are low, puffy and gray. Most form in rows
with blue sky visible in between them. Rain rarely occurs
with them.
G. These clouds are gray or blue-gray mid level clouds
composed of ice crystals and water droplets. The clouds
usually cover the entire sky and are often form ahead of
storms with continuous rain or snow.
H. These clouds are thunderstorm clouds. High winds can
flatten the top of the cloud into an anvil-like shape. They
are associated with heavy rain, snow, hail, lightning and
even tornadoes.
I. These clouds form a dark gray, wet looking cloudy layer
associated with continuously falling rain or snow.
J. These clouds are thin, sheetlike high clouds that often
cover the entire sky and usually come 12-24 hours before a
rain or snow storm.