Up,
Up, and Away
A Web
Quest for Introducing Clouds and How They Relate to Weather Systems
Name _____________________
As
we begin our journey to learn more about clouds, we must first discover
just exactly what is a cloud. Go
to http://www.weather.com/learn/dave/cloud.html
with your Internet browser.
Did
you find the weather related definition of a cloud?
____ No ___ Yes
Did
you find out what the first English meaning for cloud was?
____ No ___ Yes
In
order to discover a more clearly defined idea about clouds, click on the
word “cloud” where it says, “check
our Weather Glossary for cloud.
Write the complete definition for a cloud as defined in the
Weather Glossary.
Now
turn your browser toward the Cloudman’s Atlas and look at a variety of
different kinds of clouds. Go
to http://www.cloudman.com/atlas/atlas.htm
. After scrolling through the
different pictures of clouds, look closely at the two basic kinds of
clouds as the Cloudman has grouped them.
The two basic formations are _______________ and ______________.
(For more photos, see http://www.cloudman.com/gallery1/gallery1_1.html
) Using the boxes
below, sketch the two basic formations.
(Do your best! Your
grade will not be based on your drawing ability!)
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After completing your sketches,
study the table at http://www.cloudman.com/chart/chart.html
What
are the names of the ten different kinds of clouds?
| 1. _________________________ | 6. _________________________ |
| 2. _________________________ | 7. _________________________ |
| 3. _________________________ | 8. _________________________ |
| 4. _________________________ | 9. _________________________ |
| 5. _________________________ | 10. ________________________ |
Let’s begin to look at how clouds
relate to weather systems in our world.
Go to http://www.cloudman.com/look/look_up.htm
In
your own words, tell why the Cloudman says we should consider clouds as a
“Billboard of Coming Attractions”.
The last web site will tell
us about four important roles that clouds play.
Read the information at web site http://www-airs.jpl.nasa.gov/html/edu/clouds/Cloud_introduction.html
List
the important jobs that clouds do.
1._________________________
2.
_________________________
3._________________________
4.
___________________________
After completing this fact sheet, write a rough draft for a descriptive paragraph that tells about one of the jobs of one of the clouds and tells what that type of cloud looks like. Refer to the writing rubric for scoring. Using a word processor program, make a final draft of your paragraph.