Precipitation Quiz

1. This is any form of water that falls to the earth from the sky.

precipitation humidity wind

2. This form of precipitation is small, partly melted bits of ice..

rain snow sleet

3. This is small bits of ice or ice and snow that have a soft center and layers on the outside of the soft center of ice and snow.

rain hail snow

4. This is formed by water vapor being frozen around a dust particle in the air.

rain snow sleet

5. This is water vapor that forms on a dust particle that becomes heavy enough to fall from the sky.

rain sleet hail

6. The amount of precipitation that has fallen in a given time and place is measured with a

barometer anemometer rain gauge