Forms of Precipitation

 

Precipitation is water that falls to Earth. Hail, rain, sleet, and snow are four types of precipitation. Which type of precipitation is most likely to occur when the cloud and air temperatures are below freezing?

• rain

• hail

• sleet

• snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

 

Which claim BEST explains why some balls of hail have layers?

• Water that freezes high in the atmosphere always forms layers.

• Cracks form layers in the ball of hail when the hail hits the ground.

• Raindrops freeze from the inside out, forming one layer of ice at a time.

• Each time a ball of hail goes up and down within a thundercloud, a layer of ice is added.

Which of these best shows the correct sequence that forms hail?

• rain falls --> freezes --> melts

• snow falls --> melts --> freezes again

• snow falls --> melts --> stays melted

• rain falls --> freezes --> gets blow backup --> melts --> falls again --> refreezes --> repeats multiple times

Precipitation occurs when water moves from the atmosphere to Earth’s surface. The water can be in liquid or solid form. Which two forms of precipitation consist of solid water?

•  hail and rain

• rain and snow

• hail and sleet

• sleet and rain

Jack measures the outside temperature as 16 degrees Celsius (°C). She observes precipitation falling from the clouds in a solid form.

• hail

• sleet

• rain

• snow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the point at which water freezes?

• 100 C

• -1C

• 0 C

• -78 C

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What type of precipitation is shown here?

• rain

• snow

• hail

• sleet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?

• Snow

• Clouds

• Sleet

• Rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of precipitation could occur when the air temperature in the clouds is below 0 degrees?

• Rain & Sleet

• Snow & Rain

• Sleet & Snow

• Snow & Hail