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Name four types of precipitation
rain, snow, sleet, hail, freezing rain
What is the state of matter when it sleets from a high (frozen) cloud?
solid -- liquid -- solid
_______ % of the earths surface is covered in water.
71-75%
_____ of water on earth is in the oceans.
96.5%
__________- A change of state from gas to liquid.
Condensation
___________- The name given to condensed water vapor falling from the sky.
Precipitation
SPELL...
TRANSPIRATION
____________- The loss of water from plants and vegetation
Transpiration
Snow melts and refreezes IN CONTACT with the surface. What form of precipitation is this?
Freezing rain
______________- A change of state from a liquid to a gas
evaporation
Clouds are made up of tiny ________ that have formed on dust particles in the air.
water droplets
The type of precipitation that falls to earth often depends on the ______ of the cloud it falls from.
height
Snow melts and refreezes BEFORE reaching the surface. What form of winter precipitation is this?
Sleet
What is the formula to work out pressure?
pushing force / area
