Types of rainfall

How many types of rainfall are there?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Name the three types of rainfall?

What causes warm air to rise in the formation of relief rainfall?

• The Sun

• Upland or mountainous areas

• A front

• the sea

What causes the warm moist air to rise in the formation of convectional rainfall?

• The sun

• The sea

• Trees

• A front

What causes warm moist air to rise in the formation of frontal rainfall?

• Mountains

• The Sea

• Warm and cold air meeting at a front

• Trees

Which type of rain occurs when two air masses meet?

• Convectional

• Relief

• Frontal

What is the name for the tiny particles in the atmosphere around which condensation happens?

• Condensation nuclei

• Condensation particles

• Condensation atoms

Which type of rainfall is most likely to be found in tropical regions close to the equator?

• Convectional

• Relief

• Frontal

The correct geographical term for any water falling from the sky is...

• precipitation

• accumulation

• condensation

• transpiration

Which type of rainfall is seen in the image?

• precipitation

• relief

• frontal

• convectional