Clouds Continually Are Pulled to the Ground by Gravity

question 21

Multiple Choice

Clouds continually are pulled to the ground by gravity. Why do they stay aloft?

• A)Clouds weigh so little that they fall too slowly to be noticed.
• B)Water evaporating from Earth's surface presents an opposing force to the falling cloud droplets.
• C)New cloud droplets continually replace those that fall to Earth's surface.
• D)Updrafts of air oppose the gravitational force.

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