Water Cycle - Precipitation

What is precipitation?

• Precipitation is a type of soil erosion

• Precipitation is a type of cloud formation

• Precipitation is a form of wind

• Any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.

Answer explanation

Any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.

Name the different forms of precipitation.

• fog

• rain, snow, sleet, hail, drizzle

• mist

• hurricane

Answer explanation

The different forms of precipitation are rain, snow, sleet, hail, and drizzle. These are all types of water falling from the sky in various forms.

How does rain form?

• Water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into water droplets that fall to the ground as rain.

• Rain is caused by the clouds crying

• Rain forms when the sun evaporates water from the ground

• Rain is a result of the Earth sweating

Answer explanation

Water vapor in the atmosphere condenses into water droplets that fall to the ground as rain.

What is snow made of?

• Water droplets

• Ice crystals

• Sugar crystals

• Sand particles

Answer explanation

Snow is made of ice crystals, not water droplets, sugar crystals, or sand particles.

What causes hail to form?

• Hail is caused by volcanic eruptions

• Hail is a result of ocean currents

• Updrafts in thunderstorms carrying raindrops into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere where they freeze into ice

• Hail forms due to excessive heat in the atmosphere

Answer explanation

Hail forms due to updrafts in thunderstorms carrying raindrops into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere where they freeze into ice.

Explain the process of sleet formation.

• Sleet forms when raindrops freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground due to a temperature difference between ground level and higher layers of the atmosphere.

• Sleet forms when snowflakes melt into raindrops before reaching the ground.

• Sleet forms when hailstones melt into raindrops before reaching the ground.

• Sleet forms when ice crystals combine to form snowflakes before reaching the ground.

Answer explanation

Sleet forms when raindrops freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground due to a temperature difference between ground level and higher layers of the atmosphere.

What is the role of clouds in the precipitation process?

• Clouds hold water droplets or ice crystals until they become heavy enough to fall as precipitation.

• Clouds release water vapor into the atmosphere

• Clouds absorb sunlight and convert it into rain

• Clouds act as a barrier preventing precipitation

Answer explanation

Clouds hold water droplets or ice crystals until they become heavy enough to fall as precipitation.

Why is precipitation important for the water cycle?

• Precipitation is the primary way water returns from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, replenishing water sources and sustaining life.

• Precipitation has no impact on the water cycle.

• Precipitation is used for cloud seeding purposes only.

• Precipitation causes droughts by depleting water sources.

Answer explanation

Precipitation is the primary way water returns from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface, replenishing water sources and sustaining life.