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Rain, Snow, and Clouds

A cloud is water in the air. It is where rain and snow come from.

Rain is made of very small drops of water, and snow is from very

small pieces of ice that form naturally. They fall from clouds in the

sky. Snow comes in different shapes and sizes.

The sun warms the air and water. As the sun warms water, some

water turns into vapor: a mass of small drops of water which

go into the air. Water vapor rises into the sky. Where the air is

colder, the water vapor turns How to become clouds

back into drops of water or
sunlight
crystals of ice. We see them rain or snow

as clouds. The drops of water
water vapor
and crystals of ice fall back

down to the ground as rain,

snow, sleet, or hail.

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