Why aren't all clouds rainy? Detailed answer

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Why aren't all clouds rainy?

Have you ever flown a plane through the clouds, or maybe climbed high up a mountain and watched the clouds swirl around you? Then you should have a good idea of what a cloud is: just a collection of fog.

As you know, air always contains water vapor. In summer, there is more vapor in the air because the temperature is higher. When there is a lot of vapor in the air, a slight decrease in temperature is enough for it to begin to condense (that is, water droplets form). In this case, we say that the air is saturated. Just a slight decrease in temperature is enough for water vapor in saturated air to condense. So when saturated warm air rises to an altitude where the temperature is lower, condensation occurs and clouds form. Water molecules combine to form countless little droplets.

What happens when all those water droplets in a cloud meet a mass of warm air? They evaporate - and the cloud disappears! Therefore, clouds are constantly changing their shape. The water contained in them constantly turns into water, then into steam. The water droplets contained in the cloud have weight, so gravity pulls them down and they sink lower and lower. When most of them fall, they reach the warmer air layers, and this warm air causes them to evaporate. Therefore, clouds are obtained from which it does not rain. They evaporate, and the droplets do not have time to reach the earth's surface.

But if we assume that the air under the cloud is not warmer? What is very damp air? Then the droplets will increase and increase in size, and the condensation will be stronger and stronger. Pretty soon all the little droplets will turn into big drops reaching the ground and it will rain!

Author: Likum A.

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How did music come about?

Have you ever walked through the woods and come across a small stream, merrily babbling along the path? It sounds like music, doesn't it? When the rain drums on the roof, a bird gently sings - isn't that music?

When a person began to observe what was happening around him, he found that music was everywhere. And when he wanted to express great joy, when he wanted to jump, shout, expressing what he felt, he heard music in himself, although, perhaps, he could not yet put it into form. Gradually, man learned to sing - this was the first music created by man. What feeling do you think a person would like to express in a song in the first place? Happiness? Yes, the happiness of love. The first songs were love songs.

On the other hand, when a person was face to face with death, which horrified him, he expressed these feelings in various types of songs, for example, dirges or funeral songs, church hymns. Therefore, love and funeral songs were the first music created by man.

Another kind of music appeared with the development of dance. The man needed accompaniment during the dance. So he clapped his hands, snapped his fingers, or beat the drum. The drum was probably the oldest instrument that man invented to produce sounds. It is so ancient that we cannot trace its beginnings in history, but it is found in all ancient people throughout the world.

The most ancient wind instruments created by man were whistles and reed pipes. Whistles were made from bone, wood and clay. From this developed the flute. This is a very ancient instrument, the Egyptians owned it more than 6000 years ago. Stringed instruments followed suit. Did you know that they already existed in Ancient Egypt?

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