Precipitation

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

• condensation

• evaporation

• erosion

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

drops of water 0.5-5 millimeters in diameter

• drizzle droplet

• mist droplet

• cloud droplet

• rain droplet

drops of water 0.02 mm

• cloud droplet

• drizzle droplet

• mist droplet

• raindrop

drops of water 0.005-0.05

• cloud droplet

• drizzle droplet

• mist droplet

• raindrop

drops of water 0.05-0.5 mm

• drizzle droplet

• cloud droplet

• mist droplet

• rain droplet

An open ended tube that collects rain

• rain guage

• water hose

• bucket

• snow

Tags

NGSS.3-ESS2-1

Raindrops that fall as liquid water but freeze when they touch a cold surface

• snow

• freezing rain

• hail

• sleet

When water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals

• freezing rain

• hail

• snow

• sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Ice pellet in cold region of cloud that grows after strong updrafts carry pellet up the cold region several times. Once pellet is heavy enough, it will fall to the ground as what?

• snow

• sleet

• hail

• freezing rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Rain that falls through air below freezing and turns into solid particles of ice

• freezing rain

• snow

• hail

• sleet