Directions: Step 1: Read the 3 main topics in the Skeleton Outline below. For each of the 8 Note Cards, select whether it supports Topic I, Topic II, or Topic III. Step 2: Organize the notes into the complete outline on the right. Click "Check Answers & Grade" when finished!
Step 1: Label Note Cards (8 Cards)
Note Card 1
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Cirrus clouds
- Resemble tails of horses
- Thin clouds made up of ice crystals
Note Card 2
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Formed by evaporation of surface water
- Water then changes to vapor — a gas
- This gas needed to form clouds
Note Card 3
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Cloudless skies in winter allow surface heat to escape
Note Card 4
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Cumulus clouds
- Fluffy, cauliflower-shaped
- Form on top rapidly rising warm air currents
Note Card 5
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Sun's short-wave radiation penetrates cloud covering
- Heats soil and ocean water
- Become long waves that cannot penetrate cloud layer
- Act as a blanket to hold heat trapped between clouds and ground
Note Card 6
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By condensation
- Water vapor forms around many kinds of particles
- Vapor changes back to liquid to form droplets
- Enormous number of droplets combine to form clouds
Note Card 7
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Stratus clouds
- Stretch in long, horizontal layers
- Signal slow, large scale, rising of air
Note Card 8
Topic:
By cooling of air that hovers above Earth's surface
- Heated ground air expands and becomes lighter
- Heavier surrounding air forces it to rise
CLOUDS
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