PRECIPITATION

Savannah is making a poster showing precipitation in solid form. Which will she NOT show on the poster?

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

In a winter storm, rain begins to freeze as it falls to earth. What is this mixture of rain and snow called?

• ice

• hail

• sleet

• wind

While reading about types of precipitation, Sam learned that a raindrop can be carried up and down in a storm cloud until it forms a hard ball of ice. What type of precipitation was Sam most likely reading about?

• wind

• hail

• snow

• sleet

Clouds are formed by the process of ______________________.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• collection

Which of the following is NOT a type of precipitation?

• Rain

• Grass

• Snow

• Hail

Which part of the water cycle is when water falls from the sky?

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

The factor that determines whether precipitation falls as snow or sleet is:

• air temperature

• mass

• volume

Clouds rain when they are saturated with water.

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True or False. Precipitation must become heavy enough for gravity to overcome updrafts holding it aloft.

• True

• False

The type of precipitation that reaches the ground depends on the

• temperature

• size of cloud

• time of day