12-3 PERCIPITATION REVIEW

A LONG PERIOD OF SCARCE RAINFALL OR DRY WEATHER. REDUCES THE GROUND WATER SUPPLIES AND SURFACE WATER, CAUSES CROP FAILURE

• RAIN

• SNOW

• DROUGHT

• FLOOD

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

MOST COMMON TYPE OF PRECIPITATION, SMALLER DROPS ARE CALLED DRIZZLE, EVEN SMALLER DROPS ARE CALLED MIST, MEASURED BY A RAIN GUAGE.

• RAIN

• SNOW

• HAIL

• SLEET

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

ENDLESS NUMBER OF SHAPES AND PERNSFORMSAPOR IS CONVERTED DIRECTLY INTO ICE CRYSTALS.

• HAIL

• SNOW

• SLEET

• RAIN

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

OVERFLOWING WATER IN A NORMALLY DRY AREA, CONTROLLED BY LEVEES AND DAMS.

• RAIN

• DROUGHT

• FLOOD

• SLEET

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

RAINDROPS THAT FALL AS LIQUID WATER BUT FREEZE WHEN THEY TOUCH A COLD SURFACE.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

RAINDROPS THAT FALL THROUGH A LAYER OF AIR THAT IS LESS THAN 0 DEGREES CELCIUS THE FREEZING POINT OF WATER RAINDROPS FREEZE INTO SOLID PARTICLES OF ICE AND ARE LESS THAN 5MM IN DIAMETER.

• FREEZING RAIN

• SLEET

• HAIL

• RAIN

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

ROUND PELLETS OF ICE LARGER THAN 5MM IN DIAMETER ONLY FORMS INSIDE CUMULONIMBUS CLOUDS DURING THUNDERSTORMS, EACH STONE GOES THROUGH A COLD REGION A NEW LAYER OF ICE FORMS.

• HAIL

• SLEET

• SNOW

• FREEZING RAIN

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

WHAT IS THE SMALLEST FORM OF PERCIPITATION

• RAIN

• DRIZZLE

• MIST

WHAT IS USED TO MEASURE THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN AN AREA.

• RAINMETER

• RAIN GUAGE

• RAIN CAN

HOW DO YOU FIND THE ACTUAL AMOUT OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN?

• SUBTRACT 10

• ADD 10

• MULTIPLY BY 10

• DIVIDE BY 10