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USING CLOUD PATTERNS TO PREDICT WEATHER
1. When children find pictures in clouds, they are probably looking at one of the following
cloud types: _____________________, ____________________, or
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2. If cumulus clouds stretch vertically, they become ___________________________.
What type of weather is indicated? ___________________________________
3. What type of cloud looks like an anvil? ____________________________
Describe it:_________________________________________________________
What type of weather does it indicate? ___________________________________
4. What type of cloud is so thin that the light of the sun or moon is not totally obscured –
resulting in a halo effect? ___________________________________. What is the
composition of this cloud type? ______________________________________
What kind of weather is indicated? ______________________________________
5. What type of cloud might precede a heavy snow? ___________________________
6. What type of cloud indicates a coming cold front? ___________________________
7. The common kinds of clouds occur in what atmospheric layer? ________________
8. What types of clouds are usually composed of ice crystals? ___________________
______________________, and _____________________. Use what you know about the
layer of the atmosphere where most clouds are located to explain the composition of these
clouds. ___________________________________________
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9. If altostratus clouds descend closer to earth and become thicker, what is their new
classification? _________________________. What type of weather is indicated?
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10. What color are most of the clouds that indicate precipitation? _________________
Give several examples and the precipitation indicated. _______________________
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