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A
clood
or clud is
watter
in the
lift
that we can see. It is whaur
rain
an
snaw
comes frae.
Watter on the
yird
turns intae
gas
an fleets up intae the
lift
(evapoorates). Thare, whan its is caulder, the watter
coondenses
: it chynges frae a gas tae dribs o watter or creestals o
ice
. We see thae dribs o watter as cloods. The dribs faws back doun tae the yird as
rain
, an syne the watter evaporates again. This is cried the "
watter cycle
".
Whiles cloods on ither
planets
is juist a hatter o gases.
Heich cloods (Faimily A)
Mid cloods (Faimily B)
Laich cloods (Faimily C)
Upwart cloods (Faimily D)
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