One example of a way in which the Sun, hydrosphere, and atmosphere interact is through cloud formation.

Many types of clouds are shown, including combinations of the four main types and the types most likely to produce rain. Four types of clouds that students may know are:
Cirrus
The Latin word cirro means lock of hair or fringe. Composed of ice crystals, cirrus clouds are whitish and horsetail-like. There are high, wispy clouds that first appear in advance of a storm system.
Cumulus
The Latin word cumulo means heap or pile, as in accumulate. They look like white fluffy cotton balls and are usually dense in appearance with sharp outlines. They show vertical motion when there is a thermal uplift of air in the atmosphere. The base of cumulus clouds is generally flat and sits at the altitude where the moisture in rising air condenses.
Stratus
From the Latin word for layer, as in rock or cake strata, these clouds are usually broad and widespread like a blanket. They result from rising air that is not circulating and tends to occur along warm fronts. The edges of strato-form clouds are diffuse and fuzzy.
Nimbus
A special rain cloud category that combines cumulus + cirrus + stratus, nimbus is the Latin word for rain. The vast majority of precipitation occurs from nimbus clouds, therefore, these clouds are generally the thickest.