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Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 2hrs 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
Describe the type of precipitation that occurs when falling through an atmosphere that is warm/hot.
a)
Rain
b)
Snow
c)
Sleet
d)
Freezing Rain
2.
How does freezing rain form
a)
by hail
b)
when the temperature is warm
c)
when the temperature is cold and it rains
d)
freezing rain
3.
what is the most common precipitation
a)
sleet
b)
freezing rain
c)
snow
d)
rain
4.
What can damage crops, homes, and cars?
a)
freezing rain
b)
sleet
c)
hail
d)
snow
5.
Characteristics of Precipitation
a)
liquids and solids
b)
appearance
c)
freezing rain
d)
hail
6.
Define Precipitation
a)
solids falling from the sky
b)
precipitation
c)
any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface
d)
liquids falling from the sky
7.
If the atmosphere is ______, ______ will fall.
a)
warmer ; rain
b)
colder ; hail
8.
If the atmosphere is _______, ______ will fall.
a)
warm ; freezing rain
b)
cold ; sleet
9.
How is precipitation possible
a)
water laughs
b)
the water cycle
c)
the kind hearts of others
10.
What is precipitation?
a)
rain, snow,or sleet
b)
fog
c)
love
d)
the bogs
11.
Lvl 2: Precipitation that falls to the planet as balls of ice. They can be small and large.
a)
Rain
b)
Sleet
c)
Hail
d)
Snow
12.
Lvl 2: What is the measure of water vapor in the atmosphere?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Barometric Pressure
d)
Humidity
13.
Lvl 2: Precipitation that falls to the planet as ice crystals.
a)
Rain
b)
Sleet
c)
Hail
d)
Snow
14.
Lvl 2: What are the properties of the atmosphere at a given time and location?
a)
Weather
b)
The Water Cycle
c)
Wind Speed
d)
Observation
15.
Lvl 3: This diagram shows how a certain type of precipitation is formed. Water drops are caught in up-drafts and down-drafts, over and over, before they fall to Earth as
a)
dew.
b)
hail.
c)
rain.
d)
snow.
16.
Lvl 3: A large thunderstorm is forming inside a nimbus cloud. The wind is very strong and the temperature varies between 40 degrees and 30 degrees Fahrenheit. Which form of precipitation will most likely form?
a)
Rain
b)
Hail
c)
Snow
d)
None
17.
Lvl 3: 1) temperatures below freezing in the atmosphere
2) temperature between -2 and 2oC at ground level
3) polar and arctic air masses
4) moisture in the atmosphere
The weather conditions listed here would most likely result in
2) temperature between -2 and 2oC at ground level
3) polar and arctic air masses
4) moisture in the atmosphere
The weather conditions listed here would most likely result in
a)
a hurricane.
b)
hail.
c)
snow.
d)
rain.
18.
Lvl 3: This is a form of winter precipitation. It is frozen precipitation falling as ice pellets. Snowflakes melt into raindrops as they pass through a thin layer of warmer air. The raindrops then refreeze into particles of ice when they fall into a layer of sub-freezing air near the surface of the earth.
a)
hail
b)
rain
c)
sleet
d)
snow
19.
Water droplets condense around _____________ to form a cloud.
a)
dust
b)
water
c)
cloud particles
d)
precipitation
20.
They are highest clouds in the sky. They are wispy with fuzzy edges. Usually mean good weather.
a)
Cumulus
b)
Cumulonimbus
c)
Cirrus
d)
Stratus
21.
These clouds are lowest in altitude. They bring rain or snow and are layered like a blanket.
a)
Cirrus
b)
Stratus
c)
Cumulonimbus
d)
Cumulus
22.
Which cloud brings nice weather?
a)
Cumulonimbus
b)
Cumulus
c)
Stratus
23.
What type of precipitation forms when raindrops fall through cold layer of air and freeze before they hit the ground?
a)
Sleet
b)
Snow
c)
Rain
d)
Hail
24.
What form of precipitation is the only one that changes from water vapor directly to a solid?
a)
Rain
b)
Sleet
c)
Snow
d)
Hail
25.
If a thunderstorm cloud and the rain collides with ice, what forms?
a)
Rain
b)
Hail
c)
Snow
d)
Sleet
26.
If the air temperature is warm, the moisture falls as ___________.
a)
Rain
b)
Sleet
c)
Hail
d)
Snow
27.
Clouds filled with water will become thicker and grayer and become too heavy for wind to carry them so the moisture falls to the ground as ________________.
a)
Rain
b)
Precipitation
c)
Snow
d)
Hail
28.
This form of precipitation is in the form of flakes of crystallized water that falls from clouds?
a)
rain
b)
snow
c)
hail
d)
sleet
29.
Which of these is freezing rain that falls mostly during cold weather?
a)
hail
b)
sleet
c)
snow
d)
rain
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