Precipitation

How do clouds form ?

• from warm fronts

• from rainfall

• by condensation

• from cold fronts

What type of precipitation would you find in a cumulonimbus cloud above 25,000 ft?

• glaciated ice

• ice and water

• hail and sleet

• water vapor

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ice crystal process of rain formation is also known as the:

• Fermi's Law

• Hailey's Process

• Newtons Law

• Bergeron Process

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Another type of rainfall/snowfall formation is know as the :

• Fermi's Process

• The Collision Effect

• Collision - Coalescence Process

• Rain and Snow Formation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

In order for liquid water to be classified as a raindrop, it must be at least what diameter?

• 1.0 millimeters

• 0.5 millimeters

• 5000 micrometers

• both a and c

What determines the size of snowflakes?

• humidity

• the temperature

• both humidity and temperature

• only the temperature

The property of sleet begins as:

• partially melted snowflake

• cold raindrop

• ice fragments

• both a and b

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

A severe snowstorm characterized by strong sustained winds of at least 56 km/h and lasting for a prolonged period of time—typically three hours or more is known as a

• Snow Squall

• Blizzard

• Flurries

• Thundersnow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A sudden moderately heavy snow fall with blowing snow and strong, gusty surface winds is known as:

• Rime

• Freezing Drizzle

• Fall streaks

• Snow squall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Fog droplets that are white or milky granular ice is called:

• Flurries

• Freezing Drizzle

• Rime

• Virga