1. Naming Clouds

2. Cumulus
These clouds look like piles of fluffy cotton. They are low in the sky. They mean fair weather.
poll/cumulus.jpg August 2008

3. Stratus Clouds
These clouds look like sheets or gray blankets covering the sky. They are very low and may bring rain or snow.
Ralph F. Kresge “Stratus Cloud Deck” NOAA Central Library/NWS
August 2008

4. Cirrus Clouds
Cirrus clouds are curly, thin clouds high in the air. They usually mean fair weather.
poll/cirrus.jpg August 2008

5. Cumulonimbus Clouds
Cumulonimbus clouds are huge, dark storm clouds. They look like gray cotton balls.
“Cumulonimbus Clouds” by Carl Wozniak

6. High up in the sky, Cyndy saw wispy, curly clouds. The clouds she
saw were clouds.
cirrus
cumulonimbus
cirrus
stratus
cumulus

7. Through a window, John saw giant, dark clouds. It looked
like a storm would start any minute. He saw ________________ clouds.
cumulonimbus
stratus
cumulonimbus
cumulus
cirrus

8. Cheryl looked at the white, fluffy clouds that floated in the sky
Cheryl looked at the white, fluffy clouds that floated in the sky. She was
looking at ________________ clouds.
cumulus
cumulonimbus
stratus
cumulus
cirrus

9. As Jody walked to school, she looked at the blanket of gray clouds covering the sky. These were ___________________ clouds.
stratus
cumulus
stratus
cirrus
cumulonimbus