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What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?

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What powers global wind circulation?

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Hot air rises at the…

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1: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
Water droplets/ice crystals are forced by gravity to fall
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1: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
Water droplets/ice crystals experience high levels of pressure when they rise which forces them from their cloud
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1: What causes precipitation to fall from a cloud?
When there is an excess of water droplets/ice crystals and tempratures reach -15 degrees celsius within a cloud, precipitation falls
2: What powers global wind circulation?
Heat and the rotation of the earth
2: What powers global wind circulation?
Gravity and air pressure
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2: What powers global wind circulation?
Air pressure and magnetic fields
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3: Hot air rises at the…
Equator
3: Hot air rises at the…
Poles
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3: Hot air rises at the…
Troposphere
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