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What is the best way Victor and Karen can determine who is correct?

• look for ice pellets in a sample

• check the temperature and wind speed

• look at a local weather map

• check the direction of the wind

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When Lucy got out of school, it was raining. As she was walking home, the rain turned to sleet. What is the most likely reason for the change?

• The rain began to fall through very cold a layer of air.

• The raindrops got so heavy they began to freeze

• The trip home took Lucy to a higher elevation

• The air pressure decreased

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Savannah is making a poster showing precipitation in solid form. Which will she NOT show on the poster?

• frost

• hail

• sleet

• snow

When Sally walked outside, she thought that it was probably going to snow soon.

Whatconditions made her think that?

• stratus clouds and mild temperature

• nimbus clouds and cold temperature

• clear sky, northerly wind, and cold temperature

• clear sky, southerly wind, and mild temperature

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Quinn looked out the window and saw these clouds very high in the sky. Which is the

best prediction about precipitation he can make?

• hail

• none

• rain

• snow

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It has been hot all day, but storm clouds are now forming in the sky.

What type of precipitation is most likely to occur?

• hail

• rain

• sleet

• snow

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A layer of very cold air is close to the ground. Rain will have to pass through this layer as it falls. Which type of precipitation is most likely to reach the ground?

• hail

• rain

• snow

• sleet

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When Brian went on his run in the late afternoon, weather conditions were cool and humid. The temperature was expected to drop below freezing that night. Which is most

likely to occur?

• fog

• frost

• rain

• sleet

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A meteorologist cut a hail stone in half. She saw a series of rings.

What do the rings show?

• movement up and down through temperatures

  above and below freezing

• number of days the ice crystals accumulated

  at freezing temperatures

• rolling around of water drops in a level of freezing temperatures

• passage through layers of colder and colder temperatures

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When Nakai came into the house his jacket was wet. Laila asked whether it was raining outside. Nakai said it was drizzling. What is drizzle?

• fog

• mist

• evaporation

• small rain drops