Weather and Clouds

This is the process of a gas (water vapor) changing to droplets of liquid water in a cloud for example (Think steam on a mirror).

• Condensation

• conversation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

These clouds are very common and are thin, white, whispy and form high in the sky.

• Cumulus

• Alto

• Stratus

• Cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are flat sheets of Gray and they cover the lower sky. They often bring rain and can be puffy at times. Fog is another type of these clouds.

• Cumulus

• Alto

• Cirrus

• Stratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

These clouds are very dramatic looking and look like big puffs of cotton that are flat on the bottom and fluffy on top. They usually predict nice weather but if they grow tall in the sky and the fluffy top flattens out they will become thunderstorm clouds.

• Stratus

• Alto

• Cumulus

• Cirrus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is thin and flat, and the edges are not clearly defined

• cirrus cloud

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cumulonimbus cloud

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This type of cloud is thick and puffy on top, and generally flat on the bottom. It has well-defined edges and can change shape rapidly.

• cumulus cloud

• stratus cloud

• cirrus cloud

• cloud 9

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What type of cloud is this? Made of ice crystals, signals snow; high puffy clouds

• Cirrocumulus

• Altocumulus

• Cirrostratus

• Altostratus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Any type of liquid that fall out of clouds going to earth.

• precipitation

• stationary front

• water vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This process shows how water changes from liquid to gas and back to liquid again.

• The life cycle

• The motorcycle

• The water cycle

• The bicycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This is a large group of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals together.

• A tornado

• A cloud

• A hurricane

• Wind

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5