CLOUDS

It is horizontally layered clouds like a BLANKET.

• cumulus clouds

• stratus clouds

• cirrus clouds

• nimbus clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

They puffy in appearance and look like cotton balls.

• stratus

• nimbus

• cumulus

• cirrus

They are very wispy and feathery looking.

• stratus

• cumulus

• cirrus

• nimbus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

They are characterized by uniform greyness, extending over the entire sky in seasons of continued rain.

• cumulus

• nimbus

• stratus

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Unstable bulges hang down below alto-cumulus clouds that forms into udder-like fingers of clouds.

• mamatus

• lenticular

• nacreous

• stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Mistaken as flying saucers.

• mamatus

• lenticular

• stratus

• nacreous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This type of clouds illuminated with pink, orange, and red colors and particularly spectacular in polluted areas.

• mamatus

• lenticular

• nacreous

• cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do stratus clouds are formed?

• They are formed only at high altitudes, 7 km. above Earth's surface, and are composed of ice crystals and are so thin

• They are formed when a LAYER OF WARM, MOIST air passes over a layer of COOL air

• They are formed from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents. These clouds may be referred to as thunderheads

• They are formed when WARM-MOIST air is forced upward

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do cumulus clouds are formed?

• They are formed when a LAYER OF WARM, MOIST air passes over a layer of COOL air

• They are formed when WARM-MOIST air is forced upward.

• They are formed from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents. These clouds may be referred to as thunderheads.

• They are formed when the air currents descending from mountains produces series of vertical waves that form clouds that resemble a pile of plates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

How do cirrus clouds are formed?

• They are formed when WARM-MOIST air is forced upward

• They are formed from water vapor carried by powerful upward air currents. These clouds may be referred to as thunderheads

• They are formed only at high altitudes, 7 km. above Earth's surface, and are composed of ice crystals and are so thin.

• They are formed when a LAYER OF WARM, MOIST air passes over a layer of COOL air

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5