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If moisture is high and uplift is continuous, why is the chance of precipitation from the cloud strong?

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Correct answer: Continuous cooling supports condensation and droplet growth

Direct answer: A is correct. Moist air contains abundant water vapour. When this air rises continuously, it expands and cools. On reaching saturation, water vapour condenses on tiny condensation nuclei and forms cloud droplets or ice particles. Continued uplift and cooling allow these particles to collide, combine, or grow by deposition. Once they become sufficiently large, gravity makes them fall as rain, snow, or another form of precipitation. Therefore, high moisture supplies water and continuous uplift maintains the cooling process needed for condensation and growth. B is wrong because uplift does not always remove moisture; it can cool moist air and produce rainfall. C is wrong because moisture is necessary for precipitation, although moisture alone is not always sufficient. D is wrong because a cloud is made of tiny water droplets and/or ice particles, not rock. Memory cue: moist air plus rising and cooling gives cloud growth and possible precipitation.

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UpliftMoisturePrecipitationClouds And PrecipitationWater In The AtmosphereGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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