Record your findings on the chalkboard. Today we learned about how water changes from a liquid to a gas. This process is evaporation. The water cycle shows precipitation, condensation, and evaporation. Today we want to talk about cloud formation.
Clouds form when the water in the air condenses on small particles of dust.
As you recall the water which is available on the earth evaporates. Water for evaporation is controlled to a great extent by the way we keep our earth covered with vegetation and provide for holding places for water. The tiny drops of water that form in the air make up the clouds. Clouds take a number of shapes. They are generally classed as cirrus which are feathery, cumulus which are puffy with flat bottoms, and stratus which are smooth and generally cover large portions of the sky.