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The constant movement of water between Earth and the atmosphere is called the...
a) Precipitation
b) Water Cycle
c) Humidity
d) Sleet

What is it called when water vapor escapes from a puddle and goes into the air?
a) Precipitation
b) Condensation
c) Evaporation
d) Run Off

What is it called when water vapor cools and forms water droplets in the air?
a) Condensation
b) Precipitation
c) Evaporation
d) Transpiration

Cooled (condensed) droplets of water will come together to form...
a) Sleet
b) Hail
c) Snow
d) Clouds

When a form water falls from the clouds back down to Earth, it is called...
a) Precipitation
b) Evaporation
c) Run Off
d) Condensation

What do we call the process of excess water making its way back into ponds or streams?
a) Transpiration
b) Run Off
c) Condensation
d) Precipitation

A measure of the amount of water vapor in the air is called?
a) Humidity
b) Precipitation
c) Condensation
d) Freezing Rain

Relative humidity can be measured with what device?
a) Thermometer
b) Barometer
c) Rain Gauge
d) Sling psychrometer

What is the most common form of precipitation?
a) Rain
b) Snow
c) Sleet
d) Hail

Do ALL clouds produce precipitation?
a) No
b) Yes
c)
d)

To officially be considered rain...how big does a droplet need to be?
a) Greater than 0.5 mm
b) Greater than 10 mm
c) Less than 0.5 mm
d) Greater than 1 mm

What do we call liquid drops that are smaller than 0.5 mm
a) Sleet
b) Hail
c) Drizzle
d) Rain

Sleet starts falling as small pieces of ice
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Freezing rain is a type of precipitation
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

What do we call rain drops that fall and freeze when they hit a cold surface?
a) Sleet
b) Hail
c) Freezing Rain
d)

Hail can only occur during what type of weather?
a) Very cold
b) Thunderstorms
c) Very windy
d) Very wet

What do we call precipitation that starts as ice crystals and doesn't melt?
a) Hail
b) Snow
c) Sleet
d) Freezing Rain

How can we measure snowfall?
a) Rain Gauge
b) With a ruler
c) Sling psychrometer
d)

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