1. Unit: Water and the Atmosphere
Lesson 2: Clouds
Essential Questions:
1.) How do clouds form?
2.) What are the three main types of clouds?

2. Main Types of Clouds What is the name of the cloud?
What does the cloud look like?
What type of weather does the cloud bring?
Where is the cloud found?

3. Cirrus Clouds Wispy, feathery Fair weather High Clouds
Main Types of Clouds
What is the name of the cloud?
What does the cloud look like?
What type of weather does the cloud bring?
Where is the cloud found?
Cirrus Clouds
Wispy, feathery
Fair weather
High Clouds

4. Cumulus Clouds Look like cotton Fair weather Middle Clouds
Main Types of Clouds
What is the name of the cloud?
What does the cloud look like?
What type of weather does the cloud bring?
Where is the cloud found?
Cumulus Clouds
Look like cotton
Fair weather
Middle Clouds

5. Main Types of Clouds Cumulonimbus Clouds Towering clouds Thunderstorms
What is the name of the cloud?
What does the cloud look like?
What type of weather does the cloud bring?
Where is the cloud found?
Cumulonimbus Clouds
Towering clouds
Thunderstorms

6. Stratus Form in flat layers Cloudy days Low Clouds
Main Types of Clouds
What is the name of the cloud?
What does the cloud look like?
What type of weather does the cloud bring?
Where is the cloud found?
Stratus
Form in flat layers
Cloudy days
Low Clouds