What is precipitation?
MET - Precipitation

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Water that falls from clouds
Water that contacts earths surface after falling from cloud
Rain that falls from cloud
Liquid that contacts earths surface after falling from cloud
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the Bergeon process?
water deposits onto ice crystals
water molecules fuse together through collision
ice collides with liquid to form a larger ice crystal
water vapour deposits onto ice crystals
3.
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45 sec • 1 pt
What are the requirements for deposition process?
Select all that apply.
Part of cloud colder than freezing
Some turbulence in the cloud to encourage fusion
Ice crystals and water vapour
RH <90%
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the coalescence process?
Cloud formation through collision of air
Smaller drops sucked into wake of larger drop
Ice crystal grows through deposition
Precipitation created through ice crystals colliding
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What are the requirements for the coalescence process?
Select all that apply
High vertical extent of cloud
Large condensation nuclei
Large cloud drops
Ice crystals
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What statement is incorrect?
Drops or crystals must be heavier than the buoyancy of air to form precipitation
Coalescence involves a large cloud drop increasing in size
If clouds don’t have crystals or large liquid drops precipitation is unlikely
Virga is a form of precipitation
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is virga?
Water that evaporated before reaching earths surface
Ice crystal precipitation
Another name for heavy rain
Precipitation that falls from CU cloud
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