Weather Wonders: Precipitation Types and Their Impact on Earth

Weather Wonders: Precipitation Types and Their Impact on Earth

Assessment

Interactive Video

Science, Biology, Geography

3rd - 5th Grade

Hard

Created by

Patricia Brown

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The video explains precipitation, which includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Rain forms when water vapor condenses into droplets that fall from clouds. Snow forms similarly but requires freezing temperatures. Sleet occurs when rain freezes on its way to the ground, while hail forms in thunderstorms when updrafts carry water droplets high into the cold atmosphere, forming ice balls. Precipitation is crucial for life, providing water for plants and animals.

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term used to describe any form of water that falls from the sky?

Evaporation

Condensation

Precipitation

Sublimation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which form of precipitation is most common?

Rain

Snow

Hail

Sleet

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What process involves water turning into vapor and rising into the air?

Freezing

Precipitation

Evaporation

Condensation

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What must the temperature be in the clouds for snow to form?

Exactly freezing

Below freezing

Above freezing

Room temperature

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are snowflakes made of?

Ice crystals

Water droplets

Frozen rain

Hailstones

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does sleet differ from snow?

Sleet forms in the cloud

Sleet is liquid

Sleet freezes on the way down

Sleet is larger than snow

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is another name for sleet?

Snow

Hail

Freezing rain

Drizzle

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