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how do clouds and precipitations form

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a type of Precipitation?

a)

Rain

b)

Sleet

c)

Rock

d)

Snow

2.

What happens when water droplets become heavy enough?

a)

They make snow inside the cloud

b)

They fall out of the cloud

c)

They freeze on their way out of the cloud

d)

They bring the cloud down to Earth

3.

Snow is water vapor in a cloud that is converted directly into ______

a)

ice crystals

b)

freezing rain

c)

spheres

d)

round pellets

4.

Where does freezing rain freeze?

a)

In the air

b)

In the clouds

c)

When it touches the ground or something cold

d)

On its way down

5.

Which type of precipitation freezes in the air, on its way down to the ground?

a)

snow

b)

freezing rain

c)

hail

d)

sleet

6.

What causes hail to keep getting pushed back up into the clouds and get bigger?

a)

Rain

b)

Wind

c)

Temperature

7.

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

a)

sleet

b)

freezing rain

c)

hail

d)

snow

8.
What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?
a)
Hail
b)
Sleet
c)
Rain
d)
Snow
9.

Which of the following shows a picture of hail?

a)
b)
c)
d)