...surely as they are up so high the moisture / water would turn to ice...is this true?
And if this is true, how come aeroplanes can travel through clouds?
2006-09-06 07:05:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Ice is a fundamental rearrangement of water molecules that makes them into an aggregate solid. Should such a rearrangement occur at high altitudes, gravity would cause them to fall, and then the fall would cause them to vaporize. So even if ice crystals form, they would not bother airplanes.
2006-09-06 07:09:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the moisture(tiny droplets of water) in the clouds turns to ice they become hail stones(very rare), But since they are small. A plane can travel through the clouds with any problems.
2006-09-06 07:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by Nithin R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it does form ice drops hence the reason we get snow and hail. It would be impossible for them to turn into a big block of ice as then they would just fall out of the sky. The sunlight reflecting on the clouds will affect the heat of them as will the pressure of the atmosphere at that height. Although it is cooler the farther up in the atmosphere you go it would have to be way way up in the sky - much further up than the area where clouds actually are.
2006-09-06 07:09:32 · answer #3 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clouds consist of small water droplets and/or small ice crystals.
Cold clouds are not like a frozen rock of ice, or like an iceberg. They consist of small ice crystals, like very small snow flakes.
So flying through a cloud is not more difficult than travelling through fog or snowfall!
2006-09-09 02:53:23 · answer #4 · answered by Barret 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
moisture in clouds is spread into very tiny droplets. depending on atmosphereic pressure the cloud can/ cannot hold this moisture
and it rains. if its frozen still these frozen droplets are too small to cause any problem to planes. normal cruising altitude of a commercial airliner is higher than clouds.
2006-09-06 12:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by ok 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the easiest way to answer this is to say water is not in a frozen state because the higher the cloud the nearer they are to the suns rays. YEH?
2006-09-08 00:50:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it's vapour and vapour is gas. and when it turn into ice it's called snow but it needs the right condition to form just like you need the right conditions to rain.
2006-09-09 00:04:39 · answer #7 · answered by qwerty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋