Clouds
Starter
Activities
- complete the following table to show the different cloud types, the level at which you find them and a weather prediction for that type of cloud.
Cloud name | Cloud level | Weather prediction |
Cirrus | ||
Cirrocumulus | ||
Altocumulus | ||
Altostratus | ||
Cumulonimbus | ||
Cumulus | ||
Stratocumulus | ||
Nimbostratus |
- Use Google Image Search to find a photograph illustrating each of the cloud types mentioned in the table above.
- What are clouds?
- Describe the four main ways in which clouds form.
- What is the process of convection?
- How does convection form clouds?
- What are Orographic Clouds?
- What is a weather front?
- How does a cold front cause clouds to form?
- How does a warm front cause clouds to form?

- Describe how cloud cover is measured.