Precipitation
Name 3 types of precipitation
Drizzle, Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail, Ice Crystal, Graupel, Snow Grains
They are falling crystals of ice in the form of needles, columns, or plates.
Ice Crystals
True or False
Rain gauges can be used to measure precipitation
True
Out of all the types of precipitation you were shown how many types of precipitation that don’t freeze are there?
2
A ________ forms when water vapor in a cloud is converted to ice crystals.
snowflake
True or False:
Drizzle that freezes is known as Graupel.
False - it is known as snow grains
Free Points
Horray!!
Any form of water particle, whether liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere and reaches the ground.
Precipitation
True or False:
Hail falls from clouds as rain.
False- falls as ice pellets.
What 2 forms of precipitation are often mistaken for hail.
Snow grains and Graupel
Uniform precipitation composed exclusively of fine drops very close together.
Drizzle
True/False:
Sleet falls from clouds as ice particles
False- falls as raindrops
Which precipitation diameter is usually 5mm or more.
Hail
______ is a round pellet of ice that forms in cumulonimbus clouds.
hail
True or False:
Ice pellets are translucent.
True