Why do droplets fall from a cloud after becoming larger?

Correct answer: Because gravity pulls them down

Correct answer: C, gravity pulls the droplets down. Clouds contain tiny water droplets or ice crystals suspended in moving air. While inside the cloud, droplets can collide and combine, or water can collect on particles, causing them to grow. A very small droplet may remain suspended because air currents can support it. As the droplet becomes larger, its mass and weight increase. When its downward pull is greater than the upward support from air movement, gravity makes it fall as rain or another form of precipitation. A is wrong because a larger droplet does not become light; it becomes heavier. B is wrong because water droplets do not turn into dust. D is not a scientific process. C correctly identifies the force that pulls the sufficiently large droplet toward Earth. Air resistance can slow the fall, but it does not remove gravity. Memory cue: “large drop plus gravity equals falling precipitation.”