How Hailstones are made

How do raindrops become hailstones?

• warm clouds form hailstones

• raindrops in the cold air become ice

• the wind makes hailstones

• the soft rain makes hailstones

Which sentence from the text best explains what causes raindrops to turn into hail?

• At the top, air is much colder than it is lower down.

• As wind moves the storm cloud it also moves the some of the raindrops inside of it.

• If the raindrops meet very cold air there, then they turn to ice.

• Raindrops start to form at the bottom of the cloud, where it is warmer.

Match the following

• The raindrops turn to ice

• Wind moves the storm clouds

• Raindrops inside the cloud begin to move

• Raindrops meet cold air

• The hailstones are milky white

• Air bubbles are trapped inside the freezing water

• They fall to the ground as hailstones

• Hailstones move up and down in the cloud

• Layers of ice are added

• The ice drops become heavier

Notice the word with the ending -let. The ending means "a small type of something". According the the

sentence, what are storm clouds made of?

• smaller clouds

• warm drops of water

• tiny drops of water

• heavy drops of water

What are 3 effects of hailstones moving up and down in the cloud?

• The hailstones may take on unusual shapes.

• The hailstones add layers of ice.

• hailstones get stuck in a storm cloud and never fall.

• the hailstones warm up and turn back into raindrops.

• The hailstones grow larger.

What causes rings to form in a hailstone?

• The hails up-and-down movement in the clouds.

• Escaping air bubbles.

• The warm air at the bottom of the cloud.

• The cold air at the top of the cloud.

Why are some hailstones clear?

• Air bubbles get caught inside the hailstone.

• There is almost no air inside the hailstones.

• The temperature inside of the cloud is very cold.

• There are strong winds inside the cloud.

Strong winds may push hailstones up to the top of the cloud again and again. When this happens (a)   As a result the hailstones get

​ (b)   . The new ice may also cause the hailstones to have ​ (c)  

• hailstones get a new layer of ice.
• bigger and bigger.
• unusual shapes.