1. Evaporation: Water on the Earth's surface, like oceans, lakes, and rivers, absorbs heat from the sun and turns into water vapor, which is a gas. This water vapor rises into the atmosphere.
2. Cooling and Condensation: As the water vapor rises, it encounters cooler temperatures. The cooler air can't hold as much moisture, so the water vapor starts to condense back into tiny water droplets or ice crystals.
3. Cloud Formation: These tiny water droplets or ice crystals clump together around microscopic particles in the air, called condensation nuclei. These particles can be dust, pollen, salt, or even smoke. The droplets or crystals become large enough to be visible as clouds.
So, in short, condensation is the process where water vapor changes back into liquid water or ice, forming the visible clouds we see in the sky.
