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What is the name given to water which falls from clouds as rain snow or hail?
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Precipitation
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If clouds become so cold that the water falls as ice this is called?
Frozen water droplets are known as hail.
What kind of cloud does hail form from?
Cumulonimbus clouds.
How do hail stones stay in clouds?
Hail is rain that falls and encounters freezing temperatures on the way, thus they are formed perfectly spherical.
What does evaporated water do in a water cycle?
water vapor, which then condenses as it cools with the rising altitude and falls as rain
What kind of precipitation is formed by large chunks of frozen water?
The fluffy frozen water that falls from clouds is snowflakes.
When hail falls from clouds what is it called?
Any form if water falling from the clouds wether it be rain, sleet, snow or hail is considered precipitation.
When water falls from clouds what forms can take?
it can form into hail, snowflakes, etc.........it can take the form of rain,snow,hail..
If clouds become so cold that the water falls as ice this is called?
Frozen water droplets are known as hail.
Where do you suppose clouds get water to make rain?
The puddles from rain evaporates to the clouds and then falls as rain, snow, sleet or hail.. And it just continues.
When water falls from clouds what forms can it take?
it can form into hail, snowflakes, etc.........it can take the form of rain,snow,hail..
What kind of cloud does hail form from?
Cumulonimbus clouds.
When rain falls from clouds and it freezes along the way it is called?
hail
What is the term for any from of water that falls from clouds?
there are different forms of water that fall from the clouds, one is,which everyone knows is rain.it is the basic form of precipitation. the others are hail stones snowflakes,snow usually when the temperatures are pretty low.
Where does hail form?
Hail happens in areas with many cumulonimbus clouds, or an area where thunderstorms or tornadoes are most likely to happen. Hail forms in clouds, and the more water the cloud has absorbed, the bigger the hail pellets are going to be.
Describe how does precipitation occur and what determines the type of precipitation that falls to Earth?
Precipitation occurs due to the immense collection of water vapor in the form of clouds. When the water vapor in these clouds gets too heavy, it falls. If it's cold enough, it falls as snow, or sometimes hail. Usually, however, it falls as rain.
How does rain come in droplet form?
When water evaporates. It goes into the air and into the clouds. When it cools, it falls in water droplets unless the temperature is such that it turns to hail or snow.
What falls from clouds besides rain?
Snow, hail, sleet, acid and dirt.
