Precipitation Types

water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

• drizzle

• rain

• graupel

• sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

very light rain

• drizzle

• graupel

• cloudburst

• slush

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a solid form of precipitation composed of ice crystals in complex hexagonal form

• sleet

• snow

• hail

• megactyometeor

clear ice pellets precipitation, forms when rain falls through layer of freezing air

• drizzle

• snow

• sleet

• dew

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

raindrops that turn to ice after they hit the ground or other cold surfaces

• dew

• freezing rain

• drizzle

• slush

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

a sudden and very heavy rainfall

• freezing drizzle

• cloudburst

• slush

• megacryometeor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

drizzle that falls in liquid form but freezes upon impact to form a coating of glaze

• freezing rain

• freezing drizzle

• graupel

• slush

This picture of branches coated in thick ice was caused by

• rain

• freezing rain

• sleet

• snow

The heavy damage inflicted upon this car was caused by

• snow

• sleet

• freezing rain

• hail

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Describe the collision-coalescence process and the ice-crystal (Bergeron) process of forming precipitation.

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Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4