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The clouds generally appear white due to...

The clouds generally appear white due to .....

A

reflection of light

B

scattering of light

C

diffraction of light

D

dispersion of light

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A, B, C
The ability of an object to scatter inciden waves depends upon the dimensions of th object compared with the wavelength of light Here sunlight scattering will be difusion scattering. For particles much larger than the wavelength of light scattering `(alpha(1)/(lambda^4))` become uniform for all wavelengths. Since cloud: contain water droplets that are much larger than `lambda`. They scatter all wavelengths of light Hence clouds appear white.
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