i think i have too much time on my hand but waslookin at the shy today and it popped into my head........ now knowing me its something i should of learned in geogarphy or biology at that....... but the teacher for both of those classes was a bit layed back to say the least and i alwasy ended up talkin in class!!!!!!!
2006-08-30 13:53:02 · 9 answers · asked by MissElection 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
i think i should empahaisis im finished school a while now....... so sorry for being a tad simple but we all have days like that we're not all perfect!!!!! no one knows everything
2006-08-30 14:03:38 · update #1
Clouds absorb some of the sunlight that falls on them, so the underside of the cloud is in shadow and appears grey. If you've ever flown in a plane above the clouds and looked down on the cloud tops, you'll have noticed that they always appear bright white.
2006-08-30 14:07:10 · answer #1 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Glad you are still wondering. That is what you really need to learn anyway. Teachers are there to answer the difficult questions, not to do your thinking for you or spoon feed you with predigested knowledge. The teacher was probably layed back because they knew that the class was full of kids who didn't want to learn. A teacher cannot force anyone to learn.
Now you are on your own. No more teachers to blame for you not learning. But like I said, your sense of wonder is all you have to motivate you to learn now. So respect it.
Hope your wonder leads to asking more questions.
Clouds are different shades of gray, blue, white, and so forth depending on the amount of light that is reflected directly off of them from the side you can see. The thicker the cloud cover the darker the cloud will appear.
2006-08-30 21:35:17 · answer #2 · answered by Alan Turing 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Clouds consist of small water droplets. The size of those droplets vary. If the droplets are small, the cloud appears white. If they are big, the cloud appears grey.
Clouds also often appear more grey than white if they are large (horizontally and vertically), since less sunlight comes through.
(Not all clouds consist of water droplets. Some consist of small ice crystals, or a mix of water droplets and ice crystals. Ice crystals generally make the cloud look white, rather than grey.)
2006-08-31 04:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by Barret 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would never have guessed that you were none too attentive in class, my my...Anyway, its moisture sweety, the more moisture, the darker the cloud; that's how we get rain! So, there's three things you never learnt in school.....
2006-08-31 00:51:07 · answer #4 · answered by emjay1212001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clouds go gray when they are full of rain
You should do more homework instead of staring at the sky
2006-08-30 21:00:58 · answer #5 · answered by Pete H 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Moisture.
2006-08-30 20:58:17 · answer #6 · answered by wood butcher 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Does it matter?
Looks as though you never even went to school judging by your atrocious spelling!
2006-08-30 21:17:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the colour is from a lack of light passing through the water vapor
2006-08-30 21:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by BCOL CCCP 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't question why...
It is God's Way.
Piece out.
2006-08-30 20:58:26 · answer #9 · answered by Bob S 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋