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Ms. Felicia Fratto
Fifth Grade
Science
Objectives
• Students will understand how clouds form.
• Students will be able to identify the three basic cloud types.
• Students will understand the prefixes and suffixes used with
cloud vocabulary.
South Carolina Standards:
Science: 4-4.2
English and Language Arts: 3-3.2, 4-3.1, 4-3.4, 5-3.2
What is a Weather Front?
• Clouds can form when warm air meets cold air.
• A cold front is when cold air pushes up under the warm air.
• Warm air may slide over cold air resulting in a warm front.
Latin Words and Meanings
Stratus
Spread out
Nimbus
Rainstorm
Cumulus
Heap
Cirro
Wispy
Stratus Cloud
• Low clouds
• Often cover the whole sky
• Higher than fog
• Sometimes a drizzle may fall
Nimbostratus Cloud
•
Low like a Stratus Cloud
•
Dark gray and “wet” looking
•
Light precipitation often occurs
Cumulus Cloud
• Vertical Development  Grow
Upwards
• Puffy
• Have a small flat base that can be
close to the ground.
Cumulonimbus Cloud
• Cumulus Clouds that continue to grow vertically.
• Contain a lot of energy inside
• Can produce:
• Lightning
• Thunder
• Tornados
Cirrus Cloud
• High clouds
• Wispy
• Thin
• Long Streams
Cirrus
Cirrocumulus
Cirrostratus
Cloud Matching Games!
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloudmatch.html
http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/concentration/concen2.html
Review
Cirrus is a cloud that is high in the sky.
_________
Stratus cloud is usually very
In comparison, a __________
low in the sky.
Cumulus cloud can turn
Sometimes a puffy, __________
Cumulonimbus
into a thunderstorm cloud called, ____________.
Nimbostratus
This cloud ____________,
is known for sitting low
in the sky and producing some moisture.
Red symbols, as a
A warm front is shown with ______
Blue
cold front is shown with _______.
Now You’re a Cloud Expert!