Cloud Mapping

 Name _____________________  Period ________  Cloud mapping Use cotton balls to make each of the cloud types, using pages 42-43 in your weather book.

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Cloud Recipe

Add p _ r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s, dirt, dust Increase r _ _ _ _ _ _ _  h_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the air  Warm _ _ _ rises and c_ _ _ _  Air eventually becomes s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  Millions of tiny d_ _ _ _ of liquid w _ _ _ _ collect to form a c _ _ _ _ 

Latin Root

Translation

Example

cumulus stratus cirrus nimbus

heap layer  curl of hair  rain

fair weather cumulus altostratus cirrus cumulonimbus

Clouds are classified by __________________ and _______________  Cloud prefixes

Cirro – is used to describe ___________________  Alto – is used to describe ____________________  Low clouds don’t have a ____________________  Write a poem about clouds to help you remember where each cloud type is located.  ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________   ______________________________________________________________________________________