#15B Precipitation

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Clouds filled with water will become thicker and grayer and become too heavy for wind to carry them so the moisture falls to the ground as ________________.

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Precipitation

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This diagram shows how a certain type of precipitation is formed. Water drops are caught in up-drafts and down-drafts, over and over, before they fall to Earth as...

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hail.

Front

What is the most common form of precipitation? Options: sleet, freezing rain, snow, rain

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rain

Front

Which form of precipitation will cause crop damage, and dent cars?

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hail

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How is precipitation possible? Options: water laughs, the water cycle, the kind hearts of others, the sun is crying

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the water cycle

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Precipitation that falls to the planet as balls of ice caused by repeated updrafts in the clouds is known as what?

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Hail

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Precipitation that falls to the planet as ice crystals is known as...

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Snow

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What type of precipitation forms when raindrops fall through a cold layer of air and freeze before they hit the ground?

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Sleet

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If the air temperature is warm, the moisture falls as ___________.

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Rain

Front

What form of precipitation changes from water vapor directly to solid ice crystals? Options: Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail

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Snow