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What is cloud droplets combine and grow large enough to fall to earth?
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Precipitation. Usually it is rain, but it could be sleet, snow, or hail.
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What is a cloud?
== == Very simply, a cloud is "FOG" that is above the Earth's surface, rather than in contact with the ground.Clouds and fog are one and the same thing, very tiny droplets of condensed water vapor, so small that they do not have enough weight to fall to the Earth, and consequently they just float around in the air. IF and when enough of these droplets of condensed water vapor, collide and stick together, they become heavy enough for gravity to cause them to fall to Earth, and that is what we call rain. Other forms of precipitation occur when the vapor (or rain) is exposed to colder temperatures. === ===Clouds are formed when water vapour in the air is cooled and condenses as part of the water cycle. Clouds consist of billions of tiny water droplets (and even ice crystals) floating in the sky and appear in a variety of shapes and sizes depending on how and where they formed.I found this answer at http://www.rcn27.dial.pipex.com/cloudsrus/clouds.HTMLHope this helps.
What are the effects of cloud cover on air temperature?
During the day, the earth is heated by the sun. If skies are clear, more heat reaches the earth's surface. However, if skies are cloudy, some of the sun's rays are reflected off the cloud droplets back into space. Therefore, less of the sun's energy is able to reach the earth's surface, which causes the earth to heat up more slowly. This leads to cooler temperatures.
What the formation of a cloud?
Clouds form when evaporated water (water vapor) rises into the earth's atmosphere where it eventually condenses and forms water particles. These water particles then rapidly join with particles of dust and also collide to form larger droplets. Large quantities of this amass together to ultimately form a cloud.
Visible masses if tiny water droplets above Earth's surface?
The tiny water droplets in the sky form clouds.
Are clouds made by condensation?
Water is evaporated from the Earth. When the evaporation reaches a given height/temperature it will condense out as fine water droplets(clouds). These fine water droplets remain in the sky , because of air currents. However, if they combine into larger droplets, they will eventually fall as rain.
What Cloud droplets combine and grow large enough to fall to earth?
Precipitation. Usually it is rain, but it could be sleet, snow, or hail.
When cloud droplets combine to form larger drops they fall to Earth as?
precipitation
When cloud droplets combine to form larger drops they fall to earth as what?
rain
How does precipitation occur and what determines the type of precipitation that falls to earth?
Precipitation occurs when cloud droplets combine and grow large enough to fall to the earth the rate of evaporation as a drop falls to the earth also can affect its size.from: sadia aisa
When moisture in a cloud is heavy enough to fall back to Earth it is called what?
When liquid water droplets are big enough to fall to Earth, we call it rain.
Why do the cloud droplets not fall to the earth0?
Why do the clouds droplets not fall to the earth
How do water droplets falling out of a thundercloud get bigger as they fall towards the earth's surface?
they get bigger because the water droplets are cold and there is also water vapour in the air which is hotand when they meet the water vapour changes back to water droplets which then combine with the water droplets falling from the thunder cloud!!
Does clouds have water droplets?
By definition, a cloud is microscopic water droplets. Brought down to earth level, a cloud is called "fog" - which is the same thing: microscopic water droplets.
Why don't cloud droplets fall to Earth as soon as they are formed?
droplets need to get big and heavy before they fall
How is rainfall formed?
Water vapor (that has evaporated) condenses into cloud droplets in the cooler atmosphere. Many of these droplets form clouds. When enough water molecules with the clouds form together, they become too heavy for the upward flowing air to keep them in the cloud. The droplets then fall back down to earth as precipitation, rain being the most common form.
What factor keeps the greatest percentage of insolation from reaching the earth's surface on cloudy days?
Reflection by cloud droplets....
Which factor keeps the greatest percentage of insolation from reaching the Earth's surface on cloudy days?
reflection by cloud droplets
