"How hail happens"

"How Hail Happens"

Ready Florida Lesson 4

Pages 60-61

Open Ended

What is hail?

Multiple Choice

Look at the diagram on page 61. Why do hailstones fall to the ground?

• Wind blows raindrops up into a colder level of the cloud.

• Raindrops freeze and become hailstones.

• Hailstone become larger and heavier.

• Raindrops start to form at the bottom of the cloud, where it is warmer.

Multiple Choice

How do raindrops become hailstones?

• Warm clouds form hailstones.

• Raindrops in the cold become ice.

• The wind makes hailstones.

• The soft rain makes hailstones.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence from the text best explains what causes raindrops to turn into hail?

• "If the raindrops meet the very cold air there, then they turn into ice."

• "As wind moves the storm cloud, it also moves some of the raindrops inside of it."

• "Raindrops start to form at the bottom of the cloud, where it is warmer."

• "At the top, air is much colder than it is lower down."