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

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 by water falling from a cloud and freezing on the way to the ground.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The most common form of precipitation in the summer is...

• Rain
• Snow
• Sleet
• Hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Snow is most common is which season?

• Summer
• Winter
• Fall
• Spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Precipitation MUST start from where?

• Sky
• Clouds
• Sun
• Ground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is 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-ESS2-4

Hail is:

• water droplets that fall from the sky

• Ice crystals that fall from the sky

• Ice chunks that fall from the sky

• Frozen raindrops that fall from the sky