As part of the hydrological cycle, water is evaporated off of the surface of the earth and turns into the gaseous form of water which is water vapor. With temperatures getting colder as you go higher, the water vapor will begin to condense into water droplets in the process called Condensation.
As this happens, the water droplets will come together and begin to form clouds. This will continue till the cloud gets too heavy for the capacity of the atmosphere and will then fall as rain.
Life is based on carbon; organic chemistry studies compounds in which carbon is a central element. The properties of carbon make it the backbone of the organic molecules which form living matter. Carbon is a such a versatile element because it can form four covalent bonds.