Precipitation. What is precipitation? Precipitation is… …any form of water that falls from the sky.
Kinds of precipitation
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Kinds of precipita tion
Transcript of Kinds of precipitation
Kinds of precipitat
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Kinds of precipitation
Rain Snow Sleet Hail1 2 3 4
1) Rain- Made up of liquid
- Falls if temperature is above 0⁰c.
- Most common kind of precipitation.
2) Snow- Made up of ice
crystals.- Caused when air temperature is so cold that the vapor changes directly to ice.
3) Sleet- Made up of frozen rain.- Cause when rain
falls through a layer of freezing cold air.
- Rain turns to ice pellets
4) Hail- Round pieces of ice.1)Rain freezes.2) Falls to a warmer part of air where vapor condenses on it, then it goes up to a cold part of air where the vapor freezes forming another layer of ice.