• Question: why do clouds fall down

    Asked by Professor Rayyan to Lea, Emma, Christopher, Ashley, Ananthi, Aaron on 11 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Aaron Brown

      Aaron Brown answered on 11 Nov 2017:

      Water droplets in a cloud all come together in one mass until the density is high enough that gravity can act upon it to make it fall as rain … I think!

    • Photo: Emma Stevenson

      Emma Stevenson answered on 11 Nov 2017:

      I think it’s as Aaron says. When the water molecules that make up the clouds get to dense they fall as rain

    • Photo: Ananthi Ramachandran

      Ananthi Ramachandran answered on 12 Nov 2017:

      You must remember the water cycle right? Water from the ground evaporates, forms water vapour in the sky (clouds) and when that collects in a large enough volume (and the air pressure and temperature etc is right) it’ll fall as rain

    • Photo: Ashley Otter

      Ashley Otter answered on 15 Nov 2017:

      As Aaron said, I think he got it 🙂

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