Precipitation

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?

• Hail
• Sleet
• Rain
• Snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

________________________ is the only type of precipitation to fall as water but freezes when it hits a cold surface.

• sleet

• freezing rain

• hail

• 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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

This form of precipitation is in the form of flakes of crystallized water that falls from clouds?

• rain
• snow
• hail
• sleet

Which of the following shows a picture of hail?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Hail can usually only happen in which season?

• Winter
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall

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NGSS.3-ESS2-1

I fall as rain and get blown back up into the clouds by wind, collecting more water and freezing. Once I get too heavy for wind to blow, I fall to Earth as-

• sleet

• rain

• snow

• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

My temperature never gets below freezing as I fall to the ground and I remain a liquid all the way to Earth.

• sleet

• rain

• hail

• snow

• freezing rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

I am confused with freezing rain, but that freezes once it hits the ground. I start frozen, melt through warm air, then refreeze.

• sleet

• rain

• snow

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

When clouds fill with water and can't hold anymore, the water falls from the clouds as -

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• atmospehere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4