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Cloud Types and Formation WebQuest
PART A) Click on: http://learn.fi.edu/weather/events/fog.html to answer the following questions.
1. Fog is a _________ based on the ground, rather than in the atmosphere.
2. Fog forms when there is a lot of ___________ near the ground, or when the air near the ground
__________ to the dew point.
3. What is dew point?
4. If air near the ground cools to this ______________ , water vapor from the air will become visible
as __________ on the ground or _________ in the air.
PART B) Click on: http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/dvlp/cnvct.rxml to answer the
following questions.
5. As the earth is heated by the sun, bubbles of _________ _________ or ____________ rise upward
from the warm surface.
6. If a thermal is able to rise high enough to cool to its _____________ _____________ the moisture
condenses and becomes visible as a ____________________.
PART C) Now click on the blue highlighted hotlink labeled fair weather cumulus or Go to:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/fair_cumulus.rxml?hret=/guides/mtr/cld/dvlp/cnvct.rxml
to answer the following questions.
7. Fair weather cumulus have the appearance of __________ __________ and have a lifetime of
____________ minutes.
8. Known for their _________ ___________ and distinct ______________, fair weather cumulus
exhibit only slight ___________ ____________, with the cloud tops designating the limit of the
rising air.
9.
What can harmless fair weather cumulus clouds develop into? What type of weather are these
clouds associated with?
PART D) Now click on the blue highlighted hotlink labeled cumulonimbus or Go to:
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/wwhlpr/cumulonimbus.rxml?hret=/guides/mtr/cld/dvlp/cnvct.rxml
&prv=1 to answer the following questions.
10. Cumulonimbus clouds (Cb) are much ____________ and more ______________ developed than
fair weather cumulus clouds.
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11. They can exist as individual towers or form a line of towers called a ___
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12. What is a squall line of clouds?
13. Fueled by vigorous ____________ ______________ (sometimes in excess 50 knots), the tops of
cumulonimbus clouds can easily reach ___________________ or higher.
PART E) Click on: http://www.bom.gov.au/info/clouds/ and fill in the chart below.
List the various cloud type, their description, and the weather that is associated with each.
CLOUD TYPE
DESCRIPTION
WEATHER