Types of rainfall

All rainfall is caused by...

• freezing and cooling

• air rising

• clouds

• air falling

How many types of rainfall are there?

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When the ground heats up, air rises in warm currents and cools down creating...

• Convectional rainfall

• Frontal rainfall

• Relief rainfall

• Cold rainfall

Uh oh there's a mountain or a hill in the way! The wind has to push the warm air up! It cools there to form...

• Convectional rainfall

• Relief rainfall

• Frontal rainfall

• Hot rainfall

A warm and a cold air mass meet!

The warm one slides up over the cold one. It cools to form...

• Convectional rainfall

• Relief rainfall

• Wet rainfall

• Frontal rainfall

Which rainfall is most common on the West coast of the South Island?

Clue: There is a big mountain range down the middle of the South Island.

• Dry rainfall

• Relief rainfall

• Frontal rainfall

• Convectional rainfall

Which is most common in a tropical rainforest?

Clue: Air rises and cools rapidly

• Convectional rainfall

• Relief rainfall

• Frontal rainfall

• Backward rainfall

In the summer there can be a number of tropical cyclones that impact the Pacific Islands and also NZ. A cyclone is an intense example of...

• Convectional rainfall

• Spinning rainfall

• Frontal rainfall

• Relief rainfall