Types of Precipitation Quiz

What is the term for frozen raindrops that fall as small, white pellets?

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• fog

What type of precipitation occurs when water droplets freeze on contact with a cold surface?

• Snow

• Hail

• Sleet

• Freezing rain

What is the name for a mixture of rain and snow?

• drizzle

• fog

• sleet

• hail

What type of precipitation falls as small balls of ice?

• snow

• rain

• sleet

• hail

What is the term for rain that freezes on contact with the ground or objects?

• freezing rain

• frozen precipitation

• icy rain

• chilled drizzle

What type of precipitation occurs when water droplets freeze into ice crystals before reaching the ground?

• sleet

• snow

• fog

• hail

What is the name for a type of precipitation that consists of small, white ice crystals?

• Rain

• Snow

• Hail

• Fog

What type of precipitation occurs when raindrops freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground?

• Fog

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

What is the term for a type of precipitation that consists of small, transparent or translucent ice particles?

• sleet

• fog

• rain

• hail

What type of precipitation occurs when water droplets freeze into a coating of ice on contact with objects or surfaces?

• Snowstorm

• Sunny and warm

• Freezing rain

• Hail