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Anatomy of a raindrop

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Anatomy of a raindrop

SUBJECTS:  Science

YEARS:  7–8


The water cycle is the circulation of water on, in and above Earth and it involves a number of stages and changes of state.

This clip describes the water cycle and also how modern technology has contributed to our understanding of the shape of raindrops and its relationship to precipitation.

Discover how raindrop shape can help weather scientists to predict rainfall.


Acknowledgements

Video courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.


Production Date: 2013


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Metadata © Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia Ltd 2012 (except where otherwise indicated). Digital content © Australian Broadcasting Corporation (except where otherwise indicated). Video © Australian Broadcasting Corporation (except where otherwise indicated). All images copyright their respective owners. Text © Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Education Services Australia is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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