Precipitation Digital Reading Passage

1.) Any time water falls out of the sky it is called _____.

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• updraft

2.) Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?

• rain
• updraft
• sleet
• hail

3.) When liquid water turns into water vapor it is called _____.

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• updraft

4.) When water vapor turns back into water droplets and forms clouds it is called ____.

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• updraft

5.) Rain falls to the ground in liquid form.

• true
• false

6.) All snowflakes are exactly the same.

• true
• false

7.) Sleet is different than snow because the water droplets freeze _____.

• in the cloud
• on the ground
• on the way to the ground
• they don't freeze

8.) Hailstones usually form ____.

• during winter
• when it's freezing
• on the ground
• during summer thunderstorms

9.) Hailstones can be as big as ____.

• a grain of sand
• a raindrop
• a snowflake
• a softball

10.) Which of the following does not hit the ground as ice?

• rain
• snow
• sleet
• hail