GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

GEOBIOLOGY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What percentage of water can be found in clouds?
A
2%
B
1%
C
25%
D
0.1%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Water makes up less than one billionth (10-9) of the cloud’s apparent volume and contributes only about one millionth of a gram per cubic centimeter to its density.” Clouds are definitely not full of water. They are mostly full of air.

Detailed explanation-2: -Clouds are not 100 percent water. They also contain salt, dust, and other particles and chemical substances. There are ten different types of clouds, and each one can provide valuable information about current and future weather conditions.

Detailed explanation-3: -A cloud is defined as ‘a visible aggregate of minute droplets of water or particles of ice or a mixture of both floating in the free air’. Each droplet has a diameter of about a hundredth of a millimeter and each cubic meter of air will contain 100 million droplets.

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