Clouds
A cloud is a visible body of very fine water droplets or ice particles suspended in the atmosphere at altitudes up to several miles above sea level. They are generally produced by the condensation of water vapor. Other clouds, less commonly seen, are composed of smokes or dusts.
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JoynacintungulDifferent colours of the clouds is due to the water particles in the clouds and the extent of reflection of light. The darker...
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they can tell us the weather like if it will rain and you can tell what wiil probbally happen before it occurs.
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Clouds are able to keep areas of the planet warmer at night by trapping outgoing longwave radiation (infrared radiation). During...
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Cloud seeding uses Silver Iodide to provide nuclei for water to form droplets on. Like most chemicals, Silver Iodide can be...
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dust water and air
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condensation nucleus <3
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Pyrocumulus...
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Although there are different scenarios that might produce a cirrus cloud, they are often found in advance of a warm front. The...
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when clouds are moving fast , all it means is either a storm is passing by , or its just really windy out , you choose .
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Weather occurs everywhere equally. In terms of atmospheric layers, it almost entirely occurs in the troposphere.
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True its Exothermic. Vapor when condensing gives or dissipates the heat present in it.
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The lighter gas rises. When gas gets hot it expands and is therefore lighter per cubic anything than it was. So smoke which is...
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Most gas chromatography column stationary phases are based on modified polysiloxane or polyethylene glycol materials. These...
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I have heard midwest, have a question too, which countries border mexico to the south?
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It depends on what you mean really. Coffee vaporizes at 150C-170C. I think however that this temp might apply to the leaf so if...
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water vapor =)
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Cumulus cloud makes rain fall
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It becomes a liquid.
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Yes, there are polar stratospheric clouds.Cumulonimbus clouds are also able to reach into the stratosphere for brief periods of...
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Tornadoes would best fit that description.
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Sinking motion in high-pressure air masses makes it difficult for air to rise and clouds to form. That's why high pressure...
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northeast
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Water vapor is simply water in the form of a gas. Liquid water turns into water vapor through a process called evaporation.
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Cb or cumulonimbus clouds form at the cold font associated with heavy showers, followed by cumulus (Cu) clouds. Cumulonimbus...
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Each cloud has a different amount
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San Francisco is the poster child of advection fog. It is common anywhere you have a cold ocean current with frequent incursions...
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Hello Pandas of Panfu! This is Ciel in Panfu answering your question, for each cloud you get 10 points.
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water droplets in the air form rain which is part of the water cycle
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I think is winter. The winter is too cold.
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Clouds are made of water that has dried up and become water vapours. These vapours rise into the air and cool down into clouds....
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Cumulus, Stratus and cirrus.
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Cloud Seeding makes floods, hurricanes, thunderstorms, and other bad weather occur. Cloud Seeding can cause death when floods,...
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They could be seagulls, or snowflakes, or clouds.
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Start with Sound: speeds at say 300 meters / second. Next: Light traverses space at 298,000 kilometers / second, say 300,000,000...
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condensation starts to happen
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YES, ITS LIKE THE CHICKEN AND THE EGG WITCH COMES FIRST NEITHER ITS A CIRCLE IT WILL NEVER END. =D
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Cumulus is latin for heap. So, cumulonimbus would be a HEAP of rain clouds.
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Noctilucent clouds are the highest and least understood. Cirrus and cirrostratus are the high-type clouds. Any high cloud...
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No, hailstones are not round. They come in different shapes and sizes becasue they are so rough.
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Sleet is frozen rain.
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Puffies refers to young girls that have soft large nipples that really swell up.
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Before the warm front there are cirrus or cirrostratus clouds. Nearer to the front the clouds are stratoform and lower, often...
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When a depression (or a low pressure system) forms, it usually consists of a warm front and a faster moving cold front. To the...
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Air conditioners are excellent at removing humidity when working properly, and the unit is properly sized for the area it will...
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air pressure on the high mountain is because air flow is fast or velocity of air is more on the high mountain
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the water cycle!
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The temperature a system would reach absent any exchange of energy with another system. If a candle were put in a perfectly...
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What you are looking for is the weight of a cloud? Well scientist Peggy LeMone says that a little cumulus cloud weighs about the...
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The branch of meteorology in which clouds are studied is nephology. http://www.answers.com/Nephology
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Because they form under many different combinations of air temperature, pressure, and humidity; and other factors.
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Diverging wind helps evacuate air from a region, thus lowering its pressure.However, diverging wind at the surface is associated...
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because the cloud can span from low to high and grow
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Yuma, AZ, according to NOAA, followed by Redding, CA, Las Vegas, NV, Phoenix, AZ, Tucson, AZ, and El Paso, TX. All have more than...
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The typical cold front is often followed by: Gusty northerly winds that weaken as time passes. Clearing sky conditions....
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The pressure in an air pocket would have to be equal to the pressure of the surrounding water, and would be equal to the weight...
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precipitation
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AnswerThe evidence of clouds pulling water from seas is their long dark tentical-like arms that stretch from the cloud to the...
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Low clouds can deposit water vapor on a plant by the mechanism of condensation. In this circumstance, the plant is cool enough to...
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dew point
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heat is just the transfer of energy from a point of high temperature to a point of lower temperature ex. if a sidewalk is hotter...
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Dust or sand can also form clouds, which are sometimes seen in the desert. Explosions can form clouds of smoke. In terms of...
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If the pain is in the backs lower region ( the small of the back ) and the person is now on dialysis this is indicative of kidney...
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probably due to the usage of petrol,diesel.....OR due to the weathering of the rock into minute particles.
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When the dew point is below the freezing point of water (0° C), the equilibrium is between water vapor and ice. If saturated air...
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The cooler Air Mass [is or] becomes subsided, and is also somewhat compressed, as it is forced to 'pass' underneath it. Warm Air...
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clouds Ozone layer Plankey1995 JF The atmosphere.
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Clouds in the Bible signify Divine Truth in ultimates, consequently the Bible in its literal sense which covers the spiritual...
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they are clouds which actually has a white color
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AnswerPartly Sunny and partly cloudy are synonyms. The only difference is that partly sunny is used for daytime clouds, and...
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Fog is formed in 4 different ways. radiation fog advection fog upslope fog steam fog
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to know approx. how far the lightning is from where you are, the first step to do is, by the time you see the lightning the...
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1. The a/c system may be low on freon because on R134a systems being just a couple of ounces low can cause this..2. The...
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low dispose of waste water no agitation problem
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If you mean the change of direction, that's called refraction.
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When a depression (or a low pressure system) forms, it usually consists of a warm front and a faster moving cold front. To the...
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No, they are colder than nearly anywhere on Earth's surface. They do tend to increase as you go up in the Stratosphere however,...
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condensation of water vapor. Rain starts as water vapor that has evaporated from the surface of the Earth. At higher altitudes...
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They are often dark gray or even black, but not always. In terms of color they could look like fairly ordinary storm clouds.
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Relative humidity
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the unequal heating of the earth's surface causes wind (warm air rising and cold air sinking), and evaporation creates clouds.
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Energy is dispelled as heat.
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The rainbow is actually a semi circle .it will only appear when water and sunlight meets.
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When a light passes through a diffuse cloud, part of the light will be reflected, part will be absorbed, and the rest will pass...
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It would depend on the air temperature inside the classroom. There are differences in data, but generally, experts with Energy...
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Because there are so many water droplets that they come together and look solid.
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We're not even certain that OUR star has an Oort cloud. The hypothetical Oort Cloud is too far away, and is composed of bodies...
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This is a physical change, because the rainfall will eventually change back into water vapor. It is still has the same chemical...
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A tornado
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