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The answer is quite simple: clouds are very light. Even though they contain many tons of water, they are still composed of tiny water droplets and ice particles that are too small to feel the effects of gravity, so they float with the surrounding air.
Atmospheric updrafts also keep clouds afloat by countering the small amount of gravity pulling them down. Clouds generally form, survive and grow in air that is moving upward, allowing moist wet air to reach cold dry air and cause condensation.
So, even though clouds do contain a lot of water, they are in the form of tiny droplets that are spread out for miles, which are so small that the effect of gravity on them is negligible. That is why clouds float in the sky.
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∙ 16y agoTechnically, they do. Clouds form when water vapor starts to condense. That takes place where the temperature drops below a threshold. Warmer, moist air rises, cools or touches a cooler mass, clouds form, cooler air masses with water condensate starts to fall, warms in the warmer air mass and the water condensate evaporates again.
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∙ 14y agoBecause each suspended ice and water particle is spread out over a huge expanse of air, and the warm breezes of air from below can hold up each and every individual particle. because of the water cycle
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∙ 15y agowhy do clouds stay up in the sky why do clouds stay up in the sky
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How do clouds absorb water from the sea?
The sun evaporates water from the Earth and it turns into water vapour. Water vapour rises up into the sky and forms clouds. When the clouds get heavy (means a lot of evaporation), water falls form the sky as rain. The water comes from the clouds. (clouds are not gases. They are solids)
What is true about clouds in the summer sky?
hey!The clouds in the sky are mostly made of ice crystals in the summer.
How does snow work?
That was a quinny answer. Snow works by falling form the sky and it landing. If its cold the clouds will drop the rain and it will turn into snow on the way down>
What are alto clouds?
Very spread out clouds that that are in the Middle of the sky.
What is clear sky?
no clouds
Why do clouds stay in the clouds?
I think you mean 'Why do clouds stay in the sky?' An answer to that question is: because the water droplets are so small and so high in the atmosphere, they are able to stay airborne until they condense and gravity pulls them to the ground as rain or the droplets evaporate completely and become invisible water vapor.
Gravity is an example of what?
an example of gravity is sky diving. the gravity is pulling down the the ground after you jump out of the plane.
How do the planets stay in the sky?
planets stay in the sky due to the pull of gravity
Do snow fall from the sky or clouds?
Clouds. But technically it is falling from the sky, from clouds in the sky.
How do clouds stay in the sky?
It is because that they are made up of water vapor (which is a form of gas) and it is light hence it stay up in the sky as long as they don't get heavy and rain.
What is the color of the sky on a rainy day?
usually the sky would be covered by clouds, but maybe itll be dak or itll stay blue.
Is rain a force?
No. What brings rain down, gravity, is a force. Rain is simply water being pulled down by gravity in little drops from clouds in the sky.
How do clouds absorb water from the sea?
The sun evaporates water from the Earth and it turns into water vapour. Water vapour rises up into the sky and forms clouds. When the clouds get heavy (means a lot of evaporation), water falls form the sky as rain. The water comes from the clouds. (clouds are not gases. They are solids)
Are clouds clean in the sky?
clouds are clean.
What kind of clouds are covering the sky on weekend?
What kind of clouds are covering the sky on weekends
How does a star stay in the sky?
The stars are too far away of Earth's gravity to have any noticeable effect on them.
What has clouds in it?
the troposphere is where clouds form or if you want it to be simple clouds are in the sky.
