Precipitation

Drought

• A long period of low precipitation

• An overflowing of water in a normally dry area

• An instrument used to measure precipitation

• Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

When clouds fill with water and can't hold anymore, the water falls from the clouds as -

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• atmospehere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

I fall as rain and get blown back up into the clouds by wind, collecting more water and freezing. Once I get too heavy for wind to blow, I fall to Earth as-

• sleet

• rain

• snow

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Precipitation always forms in the -

• atmosphere

• ocean

• summer

• clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The amount of precipitation over a period of time is measured with what instrument?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

My temperature never gets below freezing as I fall to the ground and I remain a liquid all the way to Earth.

• sleet

• rain

• hail

• snow

• freezing rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

I am confused with freezing rain, but that freezes once it hits the ground. I start frozen, melt through warm air, then refreeze.

• sleet

• rain

• snow

• hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False- hail is the most common form of precipitation in Virginia.

• True

• False

True or False - snow remains frozen from the time it leaves the cloud to the moment it hits the ground.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The most common form of precipitation in the summer is...

• Rain

• Snow

• Sleet

• Hail

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