Precipitation and Clouds Quiz

What are the common types of precipitation? (Choose all that apply)

• Rain

• Sleet

• Snow

• Freezing Rain

• Evaporation

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_______ are usually caused by dry weather systems that remain in one place for weeks or months at a time.

• Floods

• Droughts

• Thunderstorms

• Deserts

How can a drought affect an area? (Choose all that apply)

• Crop failure

• Famine

• Water sources dry up

• Floods occur

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A _____ is an overflowing of water in a normally dry area.

• water cycle

• drought

• flood

• snowstorm

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On average, 10 cm of snow contains about the same amount of water as _____ of rain.

• 10 inches

• 1 foot

• 10 cm

• 1 cm

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Raindrops fall through a layer of air that is below 0 degrees C, and freeze into solid particles of ice. This is called:

• freezing rain

• rain

• sleet

• snow

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_____ is a round pellet of ice larger than 5mm in diameter.

• Hail

• Snow

• Rain

• Sleet

When water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals it makes:

• freezing rain

• sleet

• rain

• snow

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Raindrops sometimes fall as liquid water but freeze when they touch a cold surface. This is called:

• sleet

• freezing rain

• rain

• snow

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An open-ended tube that collects rain is called a ____________.

• rain gauge

• psychrometer

• meter stick

• barometer

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