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any type of solid or liquid water that falls from the atmospere and reaches the ground is called |
precipitation |
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water vapor in the ground is called |
humidity |
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clouds are formed from condensed |
water vapor |
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the prefix that is added to the names of some clouds to show that clouds produce precipitation is |
nimbo- |
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the prefix that is added to the names of some clouds to show that clouds are part of the middle altitude is |
alto- |
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water droplets in the clouds that join together to form larger drops |
C. rain |
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raindrops that freeze on their way to earth and land as tiny ice pellets |
d. sleet |
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ice crystals in the clouds that join together and fall to the earth |
e. snow |
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raindrops that are pushed up into tall clouds and frozen, causing layers of ice to be added as the pellets are blown upward again and again before falling to the earth; usually falls during warm weather |
b. hail |
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raindrops that fall from warm air when the surface of the earth is below freezing , causing the raindrops to freezes they hit the earth |
a, freezing rain |
