Precipitation

What type of precipitation forms when raindrops fall through cold layer of air and freeze before they hit the ground? 

• Sleet

• Snow

• Rain

• Hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

• A

• B

• C

• D

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What is C?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

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Which type of cloud often indicates that a storm is on the way?

• cirrus

• cumulonimbus

• cumulus

• stratus

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For snow to fall, the air temperature must be what?

• Above 0 degrees celsius

• Below 0 degrees celsius

• Freezing

• Warmer at the ground than high in the air

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How is sleet formed?

• Snowflakes fall, go through an area of cold air and turns into sleet before hitting the ground

• Rain falls, freezes in an area of cold air above the ground to make sleet

• Snowflakes fall and are melted a bit by warm air near the ground

• Sleet is not real

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

True or False: Hail is formed in the cloud and then falls to the ground.

• True

• False

Hail can usually only happen in which season?

• Winter

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

If snowflakes fall from the sky, pass through an area of warm air, melt and fall to the ground as a liquid, what kind of precipitation is it?

• Snow

• Rain

• Sleet

• Hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Lvl 3: A large thunderstorm is forming inside a nimbus cloud. The wind is very strong and the temperature varies between 40 degrees and 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Which form of precipitation will most likely form?

• Rain

• Hail

• Snow

• None

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