2006-10-17 03:31:15 · 18 answers · asked by janine h 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
lol she is only 8years old
2006-10-17 03:47:59 · update #1
Basically.... some water evaporates (dissapears, go's up) from rivers, lakes, puddles seas etc and forms (makes) clouds. The droplets of water condense (join together again) to make a cloud. the cloud get full and bursts, this is rain.
I hope this helps you both. The bits in brackets are child friendly to help you explain it!
2006-10-17 07:11:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anne-marie 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just because she is only 8 years old, you still shouldn't be doing her homework for her.
being young means she gets easier homework, not you should do it for her.
either she has done this in class and the teacher wants to know if she understands and remembers, in which case you doing the homework for her will make the teacher think she is fine with the topic and let her move on without understanding it properly
OR the teacher wants to see if anyone in the class has done the topic before and how much they covered. so if they know the basics he/she knows where to start. therefore doing the homework for her will result in the teacher letting her do something else and not explaining the topic to her.
basically, when it comes to her SATs she will get a question on this type of thing and she will fail because her teacher wouldn't have covered it further because he/she would have though she fully understood.
2006-10-17 13:57:26 · answer #2 · answered by sum_random_gal 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Precipitation in the form of rain or snow occurs when particles of water or ice are large enough to reach the ground. The chief difference between a cloud drop and a rain drop is size. A typical rain drop has a volume that is more than a million times that of a cloud drop. Thus it takes many cloud droplets to make up a single raindrop. Raindrops can be produced by the collision and merging of cloud droplets. Collisions take place because the terminal velocity of a water drop increases as its size increases, over the normal size range of cloud droplets and raindrops. Large droplets fall faster then collide with and merge with smaller ones. When two rain droplets merge, "coalescence" has taken place. As a result of coalescence, the large drops can grow fairly rapidly.
Raindrops are also produced by the melting of ice crystals, snowflakes, and other frozen particles. When ice crystals exist in the presence of "supercooled" water droplets in subfreezing air, the crystals grow as the droplets evaporate. There is a pressure force driving the water molecules from the water to the ice, resulting in a rapid growth of ice crystals in the presence of liquid cloud droplets.
As ice crystals grow, the heavier ones fall. As a result, collisions and merging occur. A snowflake can be made up of a group of crystals stuck together. When such a particle falls through a layer of air whose temperature is above freezing, the crystals melt and raindrops are produced. In mountainous areas during the winter, valley locations often experience rain while snow falls at higher elevations.
2006-10-17 10:41:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have to know the circle of the water.
The sun absorb a part of the sea and it evaporates the water.When the water arrive in the sky it becomes clouds. The clouds are full of water. If the clouds are found in a low temperature they try to get rid of the water they include. They throw then their water which is called rain. That water runs to the rivers and the rivers give the water back to the sea and then it happens the same circle of water.
2006-10-17 13:34:41 · answer #4 · answered by baby 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Water droplets form from warm air as the warm air rises in the sky and cools. Water vapor (invisible water in the air) always exists in our air. Warm air holds quite a bit of water — you may have heard people complain about high humidity. When enough of these droplets collect together, we see them as clouds. If the clouds are big enough and have enough water droplets, the droplets bang together and stick like bubble gum, forming even bigger drops. When the drops get heavy, they fall because of gravity, and you see and feel rain.
2006-10-17 10:47:42 · answer #5 · answered by Baxter 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What?!!!
You have guts,lady for asking it...i mean...doing your daughters homework?!?
SHAME ON YOU!
You should teach her how to use the Internet and how to do research.But maybe even you don't know how to do research on the net!!!
Tell u what: Take her to library or something!!
I know the answer but not telling you!
2006-10-17 10:44:17 · answer #6 · answered by Smile :) 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Water droplets form from warm air. As the warm air rises in the sky it cools. Water vapor (invisible water in the air) always exists in our air. Warm air holds quite a bit of water. For example, in the summer it is usually very humid. When enough of these droplets collect together, we see them as clouds. If the clouds are big enough and have enough water droplets, the droplets bang together and form even bigger drops. When the drops get heavy, they fall because of gravity, and you see and feel rain.
2006-10-17 10:41:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
A rain dance performed by a qualified witch doctor.
2006-10-17 18:58:04 · answer #8 · answered by Santee 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What you are looking for is The Water Cycle
try:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/planets/earth/Watercycle.shtml
Hope this helps.
2006-10-17 10:52:28 · answer #9 · answered by java 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
percipitation (clouds) form after water have been drawn into the atmosphere and normall when they come across land the clouds fall ( hence rain not entirely sure what effect land has but very important try www.ask.co.uk
2006-10-17 10:40:56 · answer #10 · answered by natl7788 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋