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Which answer correctly explains the difference between sleet and hail? Options: Sleet is usually part of a thunderstorm, and hail comes from thin layers of rain clouds. Sleet is smaller than hail and usually falls in the winter, while hail usually falls in the summer. Sleet and hail are the same except that sleet usually falls in summer and hail usually falls in winter. Sleet is snow that forms as it falls through cold air, and hail is rain that freezes when it hits the ground.

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Sleet is smaller than hail and usually falls in the winter, while hail usually falls in the summer.

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As the weather gets colder, the air pressure usually goes up. Why does this happen?

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Colder weather makes the air denser, and the increased weight of the air means that there is more air pressure.

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Deserts in the temperate zones can be extremely hot in the afternoon and below freezing at night. Which answer best explains why this happens?

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Temperate deserts have very little cloud cover and no humidity. This means that more energy from the sun reaches the desert in the day, but that heat can escape quickly at night.

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Different environments experience different amounts of yearly precipitation. Which answer choice correctly lists environments from most dry to least dry? Options: desert, tundra, grassland, rainforest; grassland, rainforest, desert, tundra; tundra, rainforest, grassland, desert; rainforest, grassland, tundra, desert

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desert, tundra, grassland, rainforest

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What makes a forest a rainforest?

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They have a canopy of trees and a great deal of precipitation.