What is a cloud?
Humans like to categorise.
In other words - group things.
It helps them understand the world they live in.
They use wonderful words to describe things they have categorised.
Do you know your
Cumulus from your Stratus
or your
Cumulo Nimbus from your Cirrus
You can categorise clouds.
Try it!
Look at the clouds in the sky.
Take a camera.
Take a picture.
What clouds do you see.
Look at the website below.
See if you can work out which you type of cloud you have taken a picture of..
Try out the strange shapes that can be found in clouds.
What are those puffy white clouds called?
Yes, there are different names given to different types of clouds.
Some call these cotton wool clouds.
But a geographer or a meteorologist calls them
CUMULUS CLOUDS
You can make your own cloud key.
Go to this site and download the cloud key and make your own.
