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Clouds and Weather Patterns

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Clouds and Weather Patterns

Clouds and Weather Patterns

Clouds and weather illustration

☁️ Part 1: Cloud Types

1. Circle the correct cloud type for each description:

Fluffy, white clouds that look like cotton balls:

Cumulus

Stratus

Cirrus

Thin, wispy clouds high in the sky:

Cumulus

Stratus

Cirrus

Low, grey clouds that cover the whole sky:

Cumulus

Stratus

Cirrus

2. Draw and label one type of cloud you have seen in the sky:

🌦️ Part 2: Weather Patterns

3. Check all the ways weather affects people and places:

What clothes we wear

What activities we can do outside

How plants grow

What animals do

What food we eat

4. Fill in the blanks about weather patterns:

Weather changes follow _____________ that happen over and over again. In New Zealand, we have four _____________ each year. When it's sunny, the temperature is _____________ and when it's cloudy, it might be _____________.

5. Describe what you would wear and do on a rainy day in New Zealand:

🔬 Part 3: Cloud Formation

6. Match the steps of cloud formation with the correct order:
1. First
2. Second
3. Third
4. Fourth
A. Water droplets form clouds
B. Water vapour rises up
C. Water vapour cools down
D. Water evaporates from oceans and lakes
7. Draw what happened in our "Cloud in a Jar" experiment:
8. What did you observe when we put ice on top of the jar?

🌡️ Part 4: Weather Observation

9. Complete this weather observation chart for today:

Today's weather is: ________________

The clouds look: ________________

The temperature feels: ________________

The wind is: ________________

10. Circle the weather tools scientists use to study weather:

Thermometer

Telescope

Rain gauge

Calculator

Wind vane

11. Write one wondering question you have about clouds or weather:
12. How do you think weather patterns help us in our daily lives?

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