Precipitation & Tools Review

What causes rings to form in hailstones?

• Escaping air bubbles

• The warm air at the bottom of a cloud

• The up and down movement in the clouds

• The cold air at the top of a cloud

What can Doppler Radar detect?

• Particle type, intensity, and motion

• Only rainfall intensity

• Only cloud formations

• Only wind speed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

An instrument used to measure wind speed is called a(n)?

• Anemometer

• Psychrometer

• Tachometer

• Ceilometer

How does freezing rain differ from sleet?

• Freezing rain freezes on contact, while sleet freezes before hitting the ground

• Sleet is always accompanied by thunder, while freezing rain is not

• Freezing rain is larger than sleet

• Freezing rain only occurs in winter, while sleet can happen year-round

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What does a wind vane point towards?

• The strongest nearby storm

• The direction the wind is blowing from

• North

• The direction the wind is blowing to

Precipitation in the form of ice crystals is

• Hail

• Sleet

• Snow

• Rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Small falling water particles that freeze and turn to ice before hitting the ground is

• Snow

• Rain

• Hail

• Sleet

An isoline that connects points of equal amounts of rainfall are

• Isopressure

• Isohyets

• Isobars

• Isotherms

What is the main purpose of weather satellites?

• To collect data on atmospheric conditions

• To monitor ocean currents

• To predict earthquakes

• To control the weather

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A form of precipitation that consists of liquid water drops smaller than 0.5mm in diameter is

• drizzle

• rain

• freezing rain

• sleet

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4