Weather Precipitation

____________ is any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface

• snow

• precipitation

• rain 

• sleet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What kind of precipitation is it when raindrops fall as liquid water but freeze when they touch a cold surface?

• freezing rain

• snow

• hail

True or False. Rain, freezing rain, and sleet all are forms of precipitation that start to fall as liquid water.

• True 

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A _______ forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals. 

• hail storm

• raindrop

• snowflake

This picture shows -

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match each term with the correct definition.

• sleet

• forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals that clump together, forming flakes

• freezing rain

• a round pellet of ice at least 5 mm in diameter that forms inside a cold region of a cloud due to strong updrafts

• snow

• raindrops that freeze when they hit a cold surface

• hail

• raindrops that fall through a layer of air below 0°C and turn into solid particles of ice before they hit the ground.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Match the following types of precipitation with their descriptions:

• Snow

• a liquid; falls when the air temperature is above freezing

• Hail

• white and each piece is unique; forms when water freezes before it reaches the ground; occurs in cold weather

• Sleet

• forms when water freezes before it reaches the ground; usually made up of ice pellets mixed with other kinds of precipitation

• Rain

• forms when water freezes before it reaches the ground; usually occurs in warm weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

________________________ is the only type of precipitation to fall as water but freezes when it hits a cold surface.

• Sleet

• Freezing rain

• Hail

• Snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

____________________ is a round pellet of ice that only forms in cumulonimbus clouds.

• Sleet

• Snow

• Hail

• Freezing rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Look at the table. When the wind is blowing from the west, what kind of precipitation is common?

• snow

• rain

• none

• sleet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5