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1. True or False, Rain can be liquid water in the form of droplets falling through an atmosphere.

TRUE
FALSE

2. Precipitation is likely to be which of the following?

water particles
snow flakes
hail
sleet
ball bearings

3. Precipitation products of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor are called

4. Chemistry phenomena associated with rain are

an epigenome
water molecules
atmospheres
pressure
ions
plastic

5. Complete the text:

Very small. numerous, and uniformly water , mist, or sprinkle that to the ground is called .

6. Complete the text:

Match up the type of precipitation detector with each of the possibilities below:
sensor pixels - A
rain rate - B
spurious false positives - C
tropical rainfall - D
global precipitation measurement - E
rain - F
TRMM .
retrieval algorithm .
standard rain gauge .
problem background types .
GPM Core Observatory
contain precipitation .

7. Complete the text:

Match up the rain with the phenomenon:
rain shaft - A
hailstone - B
lithometeor - C
plasma meteor - D
torrential water rain - E
red rain - F
forsterite rain - G
rainstorm - H
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FoggDam-NT.jpg
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NASA Spitzer Image forsterite rain onto HOPS-68.jpg
Red rain Kerala optical microscope.jpg
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Ashfall from Pinatubo, 1991.jpg
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Regnbyge.jpg
Rain-on-Thassos.jpg
Nssl0098 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg
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