Clouds

1. Clouds Conover Road Elementary Science Lab

2. Clouds are classified by their shape and how high they are in the sky.

3. Cloud Shapes • Cirrus clouds are feathery or wispy. Some people say they look like horses tails.

4. Cloud Shapes • Cirrus clouds are feathery or wispy. Some people say they look like horses tails.

5. Cloud Shapes • Cirrus clouds are feathery or wispy. Some people say they look like horses tails.

6. Cloud Shapes • Cumulous clouds are puffy and have rounded edges. When children draw clouds, this is the kind of cloud they frequently draw.

7. Cloud Shapes • Cumulous clouds are puffy and have rounded edges. When children draw clouds, this is the kind of cloud they frequently draw.

8. Cloud Shapes • Cumulous clouds are puffy and have rounded edges. When children draw clouds, this is the kind of cloud they frequently draw.

9. Cloud Shapes • Stratus clouds are large flat clouds that often can cover the whole sky.

10. Cloud Shapes • Stratus clouds are large flat clouds that often can cover the whole sky.

11. Cloud Shapes • Stratus clouds are large flat clouds that often can cover the whole sky.

12. Cloud Height • The highest clouds can be found at about 20,000 feet above the ground. These clouds are made of mostly ice. • The names of these clouds often begin with the prefix cirr-

13. Cloud Height • Mid level clouds form at about 6,500 and 20,000 feet. They can be made of water droplets, ice, or a combination of the two. • The names of these clouds often begin with the prefix alto-

14. Cloud Height • The lowest clouds are below 6,500 feet. • The names of these clouds often begin with the prefix strato-

15. One More Cloud Name Fact • Whenever you see the prefix nimbo- or the suffix nimbus, that means a rain cloud. They are gray in color.

16. Cirrocumulous

17. Cirrus

18. Altocumulus

19. Altostratus

20. Stratocumulus

21. Stratus

22. Cumulus

23. Cumulonimbus