Why are raindrops round in shape?
There are many things in the world that are us, but we are unaware of the reality behind them. From childhood till now we have definitely seen rain and dew drops, but the thing to note is why they always appear round.
In childhood, while studying physics, we must have read about surface tension, but there was never a need to know the scientific reason behind it. Let us tell you today what is the scientific reason behind raindrops being round.
Actually, the reason for water drops to be round is surface tension. Although water takes the shape of the vessel or container in which it is kept, but when it falls freely, the water drop tries to take the minimum shape, due to which the rain drops become round.
Spherical is the minimum shape from the point of view of gravity. As the size of the water drop becomes smaller, it becomes round. You may have also found some big drops hanging slightly down. Since the area of a round shape is less than any other shape, rain drops are also round.
Not only rain water, any liquid falling from a height turns into drops as it comes closer to the earth and the shape of the drops is always round due to surface tension.
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