Precipitation

what is the most common precipitation 

• sleet 
• freezing rain
• snow 
• rain 

What can damage crops, homes, and cars?

• freezing rain 
• sleet 
• hail 
• snow 

Lvl 3: This diagram shows how a certain type of precipitation is formed. Water drops are caught in up-drafts and down-drafts, over and over, before they fall to Earth as

• dew.
• hail.
• rain.
• snow.

Lvl 3: A large thunderstorm is forming inside a nimbus cloud. The wind is very strong and the temperature varies between 40 degrees and 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Which form of precipitation will most likely form?

• Rain
• Hail
• Snow
• None

Lvl 3: 1) temperatures below freezing in the atmosphere 
2) temperature between -2 and 2^oC at ground level
3) polar and arctic air masses
4) moisture in the atmosphere

The weather conditions listed here would most likely result in

• a hurricane.
• hail.
• snow.
• rain.

Water droplets condense around _____________ to form a cloud.

• dust
• water
• cloud particles
• precipitation

What type of precipitation forms when raindrops fall through cold layer of air and freeze before they hit the ground? 

• Sleet
• Snow
• Rain
• Hail

If the air temperature is warm, the moisture falls as ___________.

• Rain
• Sleet
• Hail
• Snow

Clouds filled with water will become thicker and grayer and become too heavy for wind to carry them so the moisture falls to the ground as ________________.

• Rain
• Precipitation
• Snow
• Hail

True or False. Most snowflakes look the same. 

• True 
• False