Non Natural Methods - Cloud Seeding

Question 1

Define

Answer 1

Changes the amount or form of precipitation that falls from clouds by dispersing substances into the clouds themselves

Question 2

Hygroscopic

Answer 2

Involves dispersing water drawing particles, such as forms of salt, into low-lying, warmer clouds.

This results in water droplets condensing and swelling, increasing the weight of the clouds and resulting in rain

Question 3

Glaciogenic

Answer 3

Carried out on colder clouds, with the particles instead acting as points around which ice can accumulate, causing snow.

Question 4

Substances

Answer 4

Potassium chloride

Question 5

Criticism

Answer 5

No definite proof that cloud seeding works.

Its high expense.