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Do clouds condense and fall as rain?

Yes, clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets or ice crystals. When these droplets or crystals become too heavy to stay aloft, they fall as precipitation, such as rain.


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.


When water vapour condenseit form tiny drops of water that forms clouds when do this droplets come down as rain?

Individual droplets are so small, that they can stay suspended in the air. If the droplets combine into larger drops that are too heavy to stay suspended, they fall as raindrops.


If Water is heavier than air so why do clouds stay up in the sky?

Because all the droplets haven't come together yet so it isn't as heavy as water yet. Water vapor (a gas) rises up until it gets cool enough to turn to droplets. These droplets are clouds in all their amazing forms.


How does the clouds make water?

Simple answer: They don't. Clouds ARE water - tiny, tiny droplets of water just like fog. If colder air moves into a cloud, it causes there to be even more water droplets forming. When the droplets get close enough together, they start touching and turning themselves into even larger droplets. Then the "even larger" water droplets touch, and make water drops . . . at some point in this process, the water droplets grow large enough that they are too heavy to stay where they are, and then they fall to the ground. This falling to the ground is what we call, "Rain".

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Do clouds condense and fall as rain?

Yes, clouds form when water vapor in the air condenses into water droplets or ice crystals. When these droplets or crystals become too heavy to stay aloft, they fall as precipitation, such as rain.


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.


What is the science behind clouds - if they're not in space how do they stay up?

They are made of water droplets and they do not stay up. The water comes down as rain.


How is rain associated with clouds?

Rain is associated with clouds because precipitation occurs when water droplets or ice crystals in clouds become large enough to fall to the ground. Clouds are formed by water vapor in the air condensing into tiny water droplets or ice crystals, which then gather together to form clouds. When these droplets or crystals grow too heavy to stay aloft, they fall as rain.


When water vapour condenseit form tiny drops of water that forms clouds when do this droplets come down as rain?

Individual droplets are so small, that they can stay suspended in the air. If the droplets combine into larger drops that are too heavy to stay suspended, they fall as raindrops.


How does rain stay in the clouds?

Rain is able to stay in the clouds for a couple of reasons. First, rain begins as vapor, which is lighter than air. It has to condense to become precipitation. Second, the large up-drifts of wind help the vapor stay in the air for a long time.


If Water is heavier than air so why do clouds stay up in the sky?

Because all the droplets haven't come together yet so it isn't as heavy as water yet. Water vapor (a gas) rises up until it gets cool enough to turn to droplets. These droplets are clouds in all their amazing forms.


How does the clouds make water?

Simple answer: They don't. Clouds ARE water - tiny, tiny droplets of water just like fog. If colder air moves into a cloud, it causes there to be even more water droplets forming. When the droplets get close enough together, they start touching and turning themselves into even larger droplets. Then the "even larger" water droplets touch, and make water drops . . . at some point in this process, the water droplets grow large enough that they are too heavy to stay where they are, and then they fall to the ground. This falling to the ground is what we call, "Rain".


How do clouds stay in the sky?

Clouds stay in the sky due to a balance between the force of gravity pulling them downward and the force of air currents and updrafts pushing them upward. When water vapor condenses to form clouds, it forms droplets that are light enough to be suspended in the atmosphere.


What are Droplets that become so large and heavy that they can no longer stay up in the air fall to earth's surface?

Droplets that become large and heavy enough to fall to the Earth's surface are known as raindrops. When these droplets accumulate and grow in size due to water vapor condensation in the clouds, they eventually become too heavy to be supported by the air currents and gravity pulls them down as precipitation.


How does rain get into the clouds?

Rain forms when water droplets in clouds combine and grow heavy enough to fall to the ground due to gravity. This process, called condensation, occurs when air rises, cools, and reaches its dew point, causing the water vapor to form liquid droplets. Once the droplets become too heavy to stay afloat, they fall as precipitation.


Why don't clouds fall to the ground and crush buildings and kill people if they really are made of thousands or millions of pounds of water?

Clouds need to be condensed by cold air to form rains, and because the clouds are scattered over a vast area in the sky therefore the rain wouldn't form like a big waterfall rather in the form of droplets.