Sid the Science Kid
Where Does Rain Come from?
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Sid the Science Kid
Where Does Rain Come from?
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MADE OF?
>> ALL RIGHT, MY SCIENTISTS.
LET'S FIGURE THIS OUT TOGETHER.
>> OK. >> WHY DON'T WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME PICTURES OF CLOUDS?
>> COOL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF A CLOUD.
CAN ANY OF YOU DESCRIBE IT?
>> UH, IT'S BIG AND WHITE.
>> YEAH, AND PUFFY.
>> YEAH, AND SOMETIMES YOU SEE THOSE CLOUDS ON SUNNY DAYS, SO IT'S PROBABLY NOT A RAIN CLOUD.
>> RIGHT, BUT IT COULD BECOME A RAIN CLOUD.
>> WHAT?
>> REALLY?
>> IT COULD?
>> WELL, CLOUDS ARE ACTUALLY MADE OUT OF TEENY, TINY BITS OF WATER.
WE CALL IT WATER VAPOR.
AND WHEN THE BITS OF WATER VAPOR COME TOGETHER, THEY MAKE A WHITE, PUFFY CLOUD.
>> WHAT?
>> CLOUDS ARE REALLY JUST A BUNCH OF WATER?
>> RIGHT.
BUT LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN MORE AND MORE WATER VAPOR COMES TOGETHER.
CAN YOU GUESS WHAT HAPPENS?
THE CLOUD GETS HEAVIER AND HEAVIER, AND WHEN THAT HEAVY WATER FALLS OUT OF A CLOUD, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S CALLED?
>> RAIN!
>> VERY GOOD.
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT RAIN BECOMES WHEN IT'S REALLY COLD?
>> SNOW!
>> ICE!
>> RIGHT!
AND WE CALL RAIN, SNOW, AND ICE "PRECIPITATION."
>> PRECIPITATION.
[THUNDER] >> OH, OH, OH!
LET'S GO TO THE WINDOW.
LET'S SEE HOW THE RAIN CLOUDS ARE DOING.
>> OH, COOL.
THE CLOUDS ARE REALLY DARK NOW.
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