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Weather Quiz 3
Precipitation
Question | Answer |
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supercooled raindrops | freezing rain |
liquid precipitation less than 0.5 millimeters in diameter | drizzle |
ice crystals that have remained frozen | snow |
raindrops freeze into tiny ice pellets | sleet |
layered balls of ice that form in strong thunderstorms | hail |
brief but intense snowfall lasting only a short time | snow squall |
through what process does rain form in the tropics | collision-coalescence process |
the movement of water from the earth's surface, into the air, and back to the surface | water cycle |
snowflake shape that has feathery branches | dendrite |
brief periods of light snow that result in little or no accumulation | flurries |