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If the same storm cloud contains both hail and heavy rain, which cloud process can be responsible?

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Correct answer: Strong updrafts and mixed liquid-water and ice particles

Correct answer: A. A strong storm cloud can contain powerful upward currents that keep water droplets and ice particles suspended for some time. In the very cold upper part, some droplets remain liquid even below the usual freezing point; these are supercooled droplets. They can collide with ice particles and freeze on them, helping hail grow in layers. At the same time, many droplets and ice particles may combine and become heavy enough to fall as rain, sleet, or hail after passing through warmer air. A is correct because vigorous vertical motion and a mixed liquid–ice phase support both hail growth and heavy precipitation. B is wrong because dryness does not supply the water needed for hail or rain. C is wrong because dew forms on cooled surfaces near the ground, not inside a storm cloud. D is wrong because ordinary rain develops through atmospheric moisture and cloud processes. Memory cue: strong lift plus liquid water plus ice can produce hail; cloud colour alone cannot prove it.

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Storm CloudsHail FormationHeavy RainfallMixed-Phase PrecipitationClouds And PrecipitationWater In The AtmosphereGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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