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Water molecules into water droplets by clinging to dust or other small particles suspended in the atmosphere, forming clouds through what process?

Answer 1

Clouds form by water molecules undergoing nucleation.

When water droplets condense around dust or salt particles, a process known as nucleation occurs, and once one droplet condenses, other droplets condense around and near the first water droplet, forming clouds. Water droplets rising through the atmosphere due to evaporation will continue to rise until the atmosphere has cooled them from a vaporous state to a solid state.

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Answer 2

Jonathan Avila

The process is called "condensation."

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