cloud powerpoint

CloudsClouds

December 17,2008December 17,2008

CumulusCumulus

• Large puffy cloudsLarge puffy clouds

• Warm air rises and cools below its Warm air rises and cools below its dew point then condensesdew point then condenses

• Below 2.5kmBelow 2.5km

• Showers or snowShowers or snow

• Cumulonimbus clouds create Cumulonimbus clouds create thunderstormsthunderstorms

StratusStratus

• A blanket of cloudsA blanket of clouds

• Warm air slides over cool air and Warm air slides over cool air and coolscools

• Below 2.5kmBelow 2.5km

• DrizzleDrizzle

CirrusCirrus

• Light and feathery cloudsLight and feathery clouds

• Formed very high in the atmosphereFormed very high in the atmosphere

• Above 6kmAbove 6km

• No precipitationNo precipitation

Name these clouds….Name these clouds….

Cloud tutorialCloud tutorial

• Click me to learn more about cloudsClick me to learn more about clouds

Links to cloud gamesLinks to cloud games

• Click here to play the cloud matching Click here to play the cloud matching game.game.

• Click here to play the cloud Click here to play the cloud concentration game.concentration game.

sourcessources

1.1. Web weather for kidsWeb weather for kids1.1. http://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.htmlhttp://eo.ucar.edu/webweather/cloud3.html

2.2. Types of cloudsTypes of clouds1.1. http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/http://schoolscience.rice.edu/duker/

weatypeclouds.htmlweatypeclouds.html

3.3. S’CoolS’Cool1.1. http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/SCOOL/

tutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.htmltutorial/clouds/cloudtypes.html