Why Are There Clouds?

Want to learn more about the topic in this week's video? Here are some key words/phrases to get your googling started: - Lifting Condensation Level (LCL): The altitude at which the water vapor in rising air begins to condense - Adiabatic Cooling: describes the process by which an air blob cools as it rises (and as air pressure drops) - Latent heat: the energy absorbed by water molecules during evaporation and released during condensation - Energy of Vaporization: The amount of energy it takes for a liquid to evaporate - Ideal Gas Law: The rule about how a volume of gas at a constant temperature and pressure always has the same number of molecules - Supercell: A really big thunderstorm. Like, the biggest.