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Lesson 6: Clouds- The making of a cloud
- The making of a cloud quiz
- Why so many cloud types?
- Why so many cloud types quiz
- Clouds and weather
- Clouds and weather quiz
- Severe storms
- Severe storms quiz
- The climate wild card
- The climate wild card quiz
- The Coriolis effect
- The Coriolis effect quiz
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Clouds and weather
Although there is a direct connection between clouds and weather, they're not the same. This video explores the distinctions between the two and the atmospheric factors they have in common. Created by NOVA.
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how did the sun become hot(2 votes)
The sun has very high pressure. Hydrogen atoms get compressed and fuse together, creating helium. This is called nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion produces huge amounts of energy.(9 votes)
- In this video it is said that a cold air mass can push its way under a hot air mass which results in the hot air mass cooling and causing rain, snow or even hailstorms.
In what situation will a hailstorm be caused instead of just heavy rainfall ?(3 votes)
According to me, it is because the pressure is intense on both hot air mass and cold air mass, then there is competition forming a hail.(3 votes)
Does the water cycle keep going or stop(3 votes)
It keeps going! That's why it's called a cycle.(2 votes)
how many types of clouds i mean i know there is 3 main types but there are more right ...?(1 vote)- Yup! So the three main categories are cumulus, stratus, and cirrus, but cloud classification gets a lot more specific than that. The broadest categories of cloud types are cumulus, stratocumulus, altocumulus, cirrocumulus, stratus, nimbostratus, altostratus, cirrostratus, cirrus, and cumulonimbus.
But, scientists describe clouds even more specifically, using a classification system that uses Latin prefixes and suffixes but also includes other feature/accessory clouds. In fact, there are more than 100 types of clouds! These include contrails (formed by the heat released by airplane engines), shelf clouds (a feature of some cumulonimbus), lenticular clouds (formed on the tops of mountains), and even tornadoes!
If you want to learn more, check out these websites:
https://scied.ucar.edu/webweather/clouds/cloud-types
https://www.thoughtco.com/types-of-clouds-recognize-in-the-sky-4025569
Hope this helps! :)(5 votes)
I don't get why there is sun on one side and its dark one the other side(2 votes)
Because the light would only be hitting one side of the earth, but it wouldn't be hitting the other side, so it's dark there.(2 votes)
- At1:45, the video says that volumes of air with different temperatures and humidities don't easily mix. Why is this?(3 votes)
It is because the volumes of air are frequently moving so they don't meet and mix easily. They don't chase after each other after all!(1 vote)
So why in some places were there's water doesn't rain until its winter(2 votes)
why are weather and clouds not the same(1 vote)- Clouds are part of weather, but there's a lot more to weather than just clouds, for example temperature, wind, precipitation, etc.(1 vote)
which factors most significantly impact the climate?(1 vote)- Climate is the weather pattern in an area for a long time. So the things which cause climate change is pollution. many a times when a city rapidly goes industrialized. At that period there is change and normally the long-term affect I'd change in climate.(1 vote)
1:45