Assignment # 8 Clouds & Weather
LO: I can match pictures and definitions to the type of cloud
EQ: What is the relationship between clouds and weather?
Catalyst: (see Characteristics of the Atmosphere
reading packet)
• In which layer of the atmosphere does
weather occur?
• What happens to pressure and temperature
as height increases in the atmosphere?
 What are Clouds?
Take three bullet notes to answer the question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULvujTon5tU
 What are the 3 Main Types of Clouds?
Take three bullet notes to answer the question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAqeFSa60TE
 What is the connection between clouds and weather?
Take three bullet notes to answer the question.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJ6aeSv8xIU
When you are finished with the video notes, write this in your notebooks. Don’t
fill in the blanks… yet. Wait for instructions from Klossner.
Cloud in a bottle demonstration
WORD BANK: dust, temperature, condense, and pressure
When you squeeze the bottle, the ___________ increases. This causes the
_______________inside the bottle to rise. When you release the bottle, the
____________decreases. This causes the ________________inside the bottle to fall and the
water molecules to ____________ around the ________particles.
Cloud in a bottle demonstration
ANSWER KEY
Page 52
http://www.planet-science.com/categories/experiments/weather/2011/03/make-a-cloud-in-a-bottle.aspx
When you squeeze the bottle, the pressure increases. This causes the
temperature inside the bottle to rise. When you release the bottle,
the pressure decreases. This causes the temperature inside the bottle
to fall and the water molecules to condense around the dust
particles.
Assignment # 8 Clouds & Weather
LO: I can match pictures and definitions to the type of cloud
EQ: What is the relationship between clouds and weather?
Processing Task
Cloud Match
Draw a table like the one shown below. Using the pictures and definitions provided, glue the correct picture
and definition to the correct cloud type.
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulus
picture
Picture
Picture
definition
Definition
Definition
ANSWER KEY
Cloud Match
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulus
Picture
Picture
Picture
Definition
Grayish and cover the sky; usually
brings rain.
Definition
High white clouds that are thin and
wispy.
Definition
White and puffy. Bottom is flat and
top is rounded.