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Why are high altitude clouds made of ice crystals and low altitude clouds are made of liquid water?
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∙ 13y ago
The higher you get in the atmosphere, the more cold it is. For example, the earth's core is very very hot, and it gets colder the more away you are from it. Or something like that. :P.
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Where is liquid water found in the atmosphere?
Rain? Clouds are also made out of water droplets (or ice crystals).
Do clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals?
They form when liquid water is vapored
Example of gas matter into liquid matter?
Ans: water vapour forming clouds: water that had previously evaporated (turned from liquid to gas) from the seas and ground reaches an altitude where that gaseous water cools to such a point that it precipitates to water droplets.
What collection of millions of tiny water droplets or ice crystals?
collection of millions of water droplets and ice crystals are - cloud
Liquid water is changed to water vapor by the process of Water vapor forms into clouds by the process of?
Liquid water is changed to water vapor by the process of evaporation (or boiling)Water vapor forms into clouds (liquid droplets) by the process of condensation
How does altitude affect clouds?
Altitude affects the composition of clouds because the troposphere is very cold, so the clouds up higher are made of ice crystals. The clouds in the lower sections are made of water droplets or a mixture of water droplets and ice crystals.
When are clouds formed by ice crystals instead of drops of liquid water?
When the dew point is below freezing, the liquid water may change directly into ice crystals.
Where is liquid water found in the atmosphere?
Rain? Clouds are also made out of water droplets (or ice crystals).
Why are clouds made of ice crystals rather than drops of water?
Many clouds are made up of ice crystals because they are at high altitudes. The higher the altitude, the colder the temperature. Cirrus clouds are primarily made out of ice crystals, since they are located high in the atmosphere.
Do clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses to form liquid water or ice crystals?
They form when liquid water is vapored
When are clouds formed by ice crystals instead of drops of water?
When the dew point is below freezing, the liquid water may change directly into ice crystals.
What is the big ring around the moon does it means a storm is coming?
A ring around the moon indicates ice crystals in high altitude clouds . Storms are caused by lower altitude clouds that are heavily saturated with water vapor.
What are clouds like?
A cloud is made up of liquid drops or crystals of frozen water suspended in the atmosphere
What high altitude cloud are made up of ice crystals?
This is because at those high altitudes, the air is too cold for water to stay as water, so the rising water vapor freezes into ice crystals, to form cirrus clouds, which are wispy because of ice.
What are high altitude clouds made of?
water
How does condensation work?
Condensation occurs when the gaseous water gets to an altitude where it is cold. Once it's at that altitude the temperature causes the water (in gas form) to condense and become clouds with very tiny little liquid water molecules.
How do clouds turn into water?
Clouds already consist of tiny droplets of water or ice crystals.
