Precipitation

For snow to fall, the air temperature must be what?

• Above 0 degrees celsius
• Below 0 degrees celsius
• Freezing
• Warmer at the ground than high in the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

True or False: Hail is formed in the cloud and then falls to the ground.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

If snowflakes fall from the sky, pass through an area of warm air, melt and fall to the ground as a liquid, what kind of precipitation is it?

• Snow
• Rain
• Sleet
• Hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Define Precipitation

• solids falling from the sky 
• precipitation 
• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface 
• liquids falling from the sky 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How is precipitation possible

• water laughs 
• the water cycle
• the kind hearts of others

Precipitation that falls to the planet as balls of ice. They can be small and large.

• Rain

• Sleet

• Hail

• Snow

What is the measure of water vapor in the atmosphere?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Barometric Pressure

• Humidity

Precipitation that falls to the planet as ice crystals.

• Rain

• Sleet

• Hail

• Snow

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.

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

• Sleet
• Snow
• Rain
• Hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5