Precipitation Types
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What is precipitation?
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Which group lists four main types of precipitation?
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What primary factor determines whether precipitation falls as rain or snow?
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Rain is precipitation in the form of:
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Which precipitation form occurs when air temperature from cloud to ground is below freezing?
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Freezing rain drops that turn into tiny ice pellets before hitting ground are called:
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Which precipitation form consists of large balls or lumps of ice formed in thunderstorms?
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Why does precipitation fall to Earth?
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What happens when droplets in a cloud combine and grow larger?
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Which type of precipitation can occur during hot summer thunderstorms?
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How many sides or points do typical snowflakes have?
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What tool do meteorologists use to measure liquid precipitation?