Types of Precipitation

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What is precipitation?

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Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.

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What is snow?

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Ice crystals that fall from the sky during winter.

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What season is snow most common in?

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Winter.

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What is rain?

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Liquid water that falls from clouds to the ground.

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What are large ice chunks that fall from the sky called?

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Hail.

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What is sleet?

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Small ice pellets that fall from the sky.

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What is glaze?

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A thin layer of ice that forms on surfaces.

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What is rime?

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Frost that forms on cold surfaces when water vapor freezes.

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What type of precipitation falls as ice crystals?

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Snow.

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What type of precipitation falls as liquid water?

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Rain.