Precipitation Digital Reading Passage

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

• rain
• snow
• sleet
• hail

19.) What is the name of the process where water from the surface of lakes and oceans turns into water vapor?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

9.) Hailstones can be as big as ____.

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

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

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

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• updraft

17.) What is the term for the process where water vapor in the air turns into ice crystals without becoming liquid first?

• sublimation

• deposition

• condensation

• evaporation

8.) Hailstones usually form ____.

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

20.) What is the term for the process where water vapor in the air turns directly into ice without becoming liquid first?

• evaporation

• deposition

• condensation

• sublimation

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

• true
• false

14.) What is the term for the process where water vapor cools and changes back into liquid droplets?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• sublimation