E.7.4

What is sleep?

• Water vapor forms rain, which undergoes deposition into solid ice crystals, precipitating as sleet.

• Frozen water forms snow, which melts and refreezes into ice pellets, precipitating as sleet.

• Extremely low pressures cause solid ice crystals to dissolve, precipitating as sleet.

• Extremely low temperatures cause liquid water to condense, precipitating as sleet.

Which of the following is a form of precipitation?

• clouds

• dew

• fog

• hail

The picture shows the water cycle.

Which letter best represents the part of the water cycle where precipitation occurs?

• W

• X

• Y

• Z

An area is getting a thunderstorm. There are thick thunderclouds. High in the atmosphere,

strong winds are pushing drops of liquid water upward. The liquid water enters areas of the

atmosphere that are cold enough to freeze the water. This weather will most likely cause ______ to form.

• hail

• rain

• sleet

• snow

Which will most likely happen to ice crystals if they pass through a layer in the atmosphere that is 15°C?

• They will fall as rain.

• They will fall as sleet.

• They will fall as snow.

• They will fall as hail.

Which two types of precipitation have the most similar forms when they land on the ground?

• rain and hail

• sleet and snow

• hail and sleet

• snow and rain