Precipitation

 

Precipitation is water that falls to Earth. Hail, rain, sleet, and snow are four types of precipitation. Which type of precipitation is most likely to occur when the cloud and air temperatures are below freezing?

• rain

• hail

• sleet

• snow

 

Which claim BEST explains why some balls of hail have layers?

• Water that freezes high in the atmosphere always forms layers.

• Cracks form layers in the ball of hail when the hail hits the ground.

• Raindrops freeze from the inside out, forming one layer of ice at a time.

• Each time a ball of hail goes up and down within a thundercloud, a layer of ice is added.

Precipitation occurs when water moves from the atmosphere to Earth’s surface. The water can be in liquid or solid form. Which two forms of precipitation consist of solid water?

•  hail and rain

• rain and snow

• hail and sleet

• sleet and rain

Jack measures the outside temperature as 16 degrees Celsius (°C), 61 degrees Fahrenheit (°F). She observes precipitation falling from the clouds in a solid form.

• hail

• sleet

• rain

• snow

What type of precipitation is shown here?

• rain

• snow

• hail

• sleet

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?

• Hail
• Sleet
• Rain
• Snow

What is precipitation?

• solids falling from the sky

• precipitation

• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface

• liquids falling from the sky