Lesson 4: How Do Clouds and Precipitation Form? Part1: PAGES 224-229

TUESDAY MARCH 24TH
CHAPTER 5: EARTH WATER AND

WEATHER
LESSON 4: HOW
DO CLOUDS AND
PRECIPITATION
FORM? PART1
PAGES 224-229

o MAKE SURE YOU HAVE:
o YOUR SCIENCE TEXTBOOK
o LOOSE PAPER FROM YOUR BINDER
o PEN
o HIGHLIGHTER
LESSON LEARNING INTENTIONS
AND SUCCESS CRITERIA
LEARNING SUCCESS CRITERIA

INTENTIONS STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
1. TO CHECK YOU PRIOR 1. DEFINE HAIL, SLEET, FOG,

STRATUS, ALTOCUMULUS, CIRRUS
KNOWLEDGE ABOUT
& CUMULONIMBUS
PRECIPITATION AND
2. DESCRIBE DIFFERENT FORMS OF
CLOUDS
PRECIPITATION AND CLOUDS
2. TO KNOW THE DIFFERENT 3. CLASSIFY PRECIPITATION AND
FORMS OF PRECIPITATION INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP
AND CLOUDS. BETWEEN PRECIPITATION AND
OTHER WEATHER CONDITIONS.
HOW DO CLOUDS
FORM?
sleet
hail
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Altocumulus
The different kinds of clouds and

precipitation
HOOK
WATER IN THE AIR P.225
• REMEMBER THAT CLOUDS FORM WHEN WATER VAPOR
CHANGES INTO TINY WATER DROPLETS OR ICE
CRYSTALS.
• THE TEMPERATURE OF AIR HIGH IN THE CLOUDS IS
OFTEN MUCH COLDER THAN THE TEMPERATURE OF
THE AIR CLOSE TO THE GROUND. EVEN ON SUMMER
DAYS, MANY CLOUDS ARE MADE OF ICE CRYSTALS.
• THE ICE CRYSTALS AND WATER DROPLETS IN CLOUDS
CAN JOIN TOGETHER TO MAKE LARGER PARTICLES.
THE PARTICLES CAN GET SO LARGE THAT THE
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE CAUSE THEM TO FALL OUT OF
THE CLOUD. THIS IS HOW PRECIPITATION FORMS.
PRECIPITATION /
SNOW P.226
• MOST RAIN IN THE UNITED
STATES STARTS AS SNOW.
• THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR
HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND IS
OFTEN BELOW 0°C. CLOUDS OF
ICE CRYSTALS FORM IN THE
COLD AIR.
• IF THE TEMPERATURE OF ALL
THE AIR BETWEEN THE CLOUD
AND THE GROUND IS LESS
THAN 0°C, THE ICE CRYSTALS
WILL FALL TO THE GROUND AS
PRECIPITATION/ RAIN
P.226
• IF THE ICE CRYSTALS FALL

INTO AIR THAT IS WARMER
THAN 0°C, THEY WILL
MELT AND FALL AS RAIN.
PRECIPITATION/ SLEET
P.226
• IF THE AIR NEAR THE

GROUND IS VERY COLD,
THE RAIN SOMETIMES
FREEZES BEFORE IT HITS
THE GROUND. THE
FROZEN RAINDROPS ARE
SLEET.
HAIL FORMATION
P.226
• WHEN STRONG WINDS BLOW
RAINDROPS UPWARD--BACK INTO
THE FREEZING AIR-- AT THE TOP OF
THE CLOUD, THIS CREATES A
SMALL PIECE OF ICE.
• AS THE ICE IS BLOWN THROUGH
THE CLOUD MANY TIMES, MANY
LAYERS OF WATER FREEZE ON IT.
FINALLY, THIS FROZEN
PRECIPITATION THAT FORMS IS
CALLED HAIL.
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IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE HAIL FALL WHEN THE
AIR TEMPERATURE IS ABOVE 0°C? EXPLAIN.
Yes, its possible. The wind and the freezing temperatures at
the top of the clouds cause the hail to form, not the
temperature on earth.
THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE IS 5°C. ICE
CRYSTALS FROM A CLOUD BEGIN TO FALL.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE ICE CRYSTALS?
They will melt and hit the ground as rain.
5 TYPES OF CLOUDS P. 228
DIFFERENT CLOUD TYPES FORM DEPENDING ON THE
TYPE OF WEATHER PRESENT. CLOUDS THAT FORM AT
DIFFERENT HEIGHTS IN THE ATMOSPHERE HAVE
DIFFERENT NAMES.
• (1) CIRRUS
• CIRRUS CLOUDS FORM MORE THAN 6 KM ABOVE THE
GROUND. CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE HIGH-ALTITUDE CLOUDS
THAT ARE OFTEN THIN, WISPY, AND WHITE.
• (2) CUMULONIMBUS
• CLOUDS THAT GROW VERTICALLY HAVE RISING AIR INSIDE
THEM. THESE CLOUDS MAY BE AS LOW AS 1 KM ABOVE THE
GROUND. VERTICAL CLOUDS CAN CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS.
5 TYPES OF CLOUDS P. 228
• (3) ALTOCUMULUS
• ALTOCUMULUS ARE MID-LEVEL CLOUD
BETWEEN 2 KM AND 7 KM ABOVE THE GROUND.
THE BOTTOMS OF THE CLOUDS CAN LOOK DARK
BECAUSE SUNLIGHT MAY NOT REACH THEM.
• (4) STRATUS
• STRATUS CLOUDS ARE OFTEN SEEN LESS THAN 2
KM ABOVE THE GROUND. STRATUS CLOUDS
COVER THE WHOLE SKY. THEY LOOK DARK
BECAUSE LITTLE SUNLIGHT GETS THROUGH THE
LAYER OF CLOUDS.
• (5) FOG
A PLANE IS FLYING 7 KM ABOVE THE
GROUND. WHICH TYPE OF CLOUDS
MIGHT IT BE FLYING THROUGH? WHY?
Cirrus or cumulonimbus
(1) NAME 5 TYPES OF CLOUDS?
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_____________________________________
_____________________________________
(2) EXPLAIN FACTORS THAT DETERMINE WHETHER

RAIN OR HAIL FALLS TO EARTH'S SURFACE.
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_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
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EXPLAIN HOW DOES PRECIPITATION FORM?
___________________________________________________
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HOW DOES THE AIR TEMPERATURE IN CLOUDS
COMPARE TO THE AIR TEMPERATURE NEAR THE
GROUND?
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ON YOUR
BINDER/JOURNA
L
DEFINE:
• SLEET
• HAIL
• CIRRUS
• STRATUS
• CUMULONIMBUS
• ALTOCUMULUS
• FOG
THEN ANSWER Q 9
& 10 ON YOUR
SCIENCE BOOK.
MAP PRACTICE
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FLASH-CARDS/
NEXT LESSON, BE READY WITH…
o YOUR SCIENCE
TEXTBOOK.
o LOOSE PAPER FROM
YOUR BINDER.
o PEN & HIGHLIGHTER.
REFLECTION
/ 3 MIN
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REFLECTION ON
THE THREAD
UNDER THE POST.

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TUESDAY MARCH 24TH

CHAPTER 5: EARTH WATER AND

LEARNING SUCCESS CRITERIA

1. TO CHECK YOU PRIOR 1. DEFINE HAIL, SLEET, FOG,

The different kinds of clouds and

• IF THE ICE CRYSTALS FALL

• IF THE AIR NEAR THE

(2) EXPLAIN FACTORS THAT DETERMINE WHETHER

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