Rain

Rainfall is caused by

• water vapour rising

• Water vapor cooling down and condensing

• Condensed water vapour falling back to the earth

• evaporation

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

• precipitation

• accumulation

• condensation

• transpiration

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Which type of rainfall is seen in the image?

• precipitation

• relief

• frontal

• convectional

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All rain is caused by...

• freezing and cooling
• air rising
• clouds

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Which of the following are considered types of precipitation? You may select more than one answer.

• Hail (balls of ice)

• Snow (white or translucent ice crystals)

• Sleet (mixture of rain and snow)

• Rain

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What is the main form of precipitation that falls in the tropics?

• Hail (balls of ice)

• Snow (white or translucent ice crystals)

• Sleet (mixture of rain and snow)

• Rain

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What weather instrument is used to measure rainfall?

• Anemometer

• Swing Psychrometer

• Rain Gauge

• Barometer

_____ is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor.

• rain

• ocean

• underground water

• sea water

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Relief Rainfall is also known as ______________

• Orographic rainfall

• Cyclonic Rainfall

• Convectional rainfall

• None of the above

There are _______ types of rainfall.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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