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2 | What are clouds made of? | "Clouds are made of tiny drops of water or ice crystals that settle on dust particles in the atmosphere." | Megan Arnold | http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/clouds/what-are-clouds | |
3 | How do clouds help predict weather? | by learning the types of clouds- nyou can draw a prediction from those | Katherine Bruno | ||
4 | Why do clouds form in one spot and not another? | The reason for this is that most clouds are associated with uplift, and the causes (fronts, mountains, upper air troughs, atmospheric waves) are themselves not randomly distributed; therefore, the clouds are going to appear organized | Kathryn Walsh | ||
5 | How much does a cloud weigh? | The average weight of a cumulus cloud is 1.1 million pounds.This is the equivalent to 100 elephants. | Brandelyn Kemp | https://headsup.boyslife.org/how-much-does-a-cloud-weigh/ | |
6 | Why does a cloud float and not fall? | The downward gravitational force on the cloud droplets is balanced by the upward force by rising air from below. In a bulk sense, the cloud itself is lighter than the air it occupies, so it is buoyant. | Cassandra Randell | ||
7 | Does anything live inside a cloud? | Yes, amazingly there are many, many species of bacteria that live in clouds | Gina Wagner | ||
8 | Why do some clouds make rain and others don't? | Rachel Rothstein | |||
9 | Does lightning come from clouds? | The answer is both. From the ground to the cloud and from the cloud to the ground. Cloud-to-ground lightning comes from the sky down, but the part you see comes from the ground up. A typical cloud-to-ground flash lowers a path of electricity (that we cannot see) towards the ground in a series of spurts. | Katherine Moore | https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/questions/580/why-does-lightning-strike-from-the-ground-up | |
10 | How do clouds protect the Earth? | Clouds protect the earth from direct sunlight. Earth would be an estimated 12 degrees celcius warmer without them | Megan Goodman | ||
11 | Why are clouds white? | Amber McCracken | |||
12 | Can you have a sunset without clouds? | Yes. "While a sunset can be beautiful without clouds, the presence of clouds spreads the color of the setting sun throughout the nearby sky." | Amber Hornbarger | https://www.awesomestories.com/asset/view/Impact-of-Clouds-on-a-Sunset | |
13 | If you were inside a cloud, what would it feel like? | Angela Smith | |||
14 | What does it mean to be "on cloud 9?" | In a state of blissful happiness, the term supposedly refers to the U.S, Weather Service's classification of clouds where classsification 9 refers to clouds found in good weather. Another thought is that "cloud 9" is one of the stages in Bhuddism on the way to Nervana. - The phrase finder.com | Michael Fawcett | ||
15 | How many types of clouds are there? | 10 basic cloud types | Amanda Carter | http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/clouds/cloudwise/types.html | |
16 | Do other planets have clouds? | Yes, water is found in the atmosphere of most of the other planets. Jupiter's clouds form from methane and ammonia | Jennifer Berdux | ||
17 | What is the strangest type of cloud? | mammatous cloud | Lauren Dowling | http://www.zmescience.com/other/7-types-of-rare-and-amazing-clouds-w-pics-and-videos/ | |
18 | How many different things can fall from a cloud? | four | Maria Vottero | ||
19 | How long does a cloud usually last? | Felicia Farmer | |||
20 | How high can clouds go? | High-level clouds, called cirrus clouds, can reach heights of 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) | Ayn Crews | ||
21 | How low can clouds go? | Arletha Clark | |||
22 | Why are clouds called "clouds"? | Jill Prince | |||
23 | How fast can clouds travel? | Sarah Stevens | |||
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