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| any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface |
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| sleet ice particles are ____________ |
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| smaller than 5 mm in diameter |
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| hail ice particles are ___________ |
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| larger than 5 mm in diamter |
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| what is the difference between sleet and hail? |
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| the size of the particles and where they came from |
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| meteorologists measure rainfall with a |
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t or f
on average 10 cm of snow contains about the same amount of water as 1 cm of rain |
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| what do you use to seed clouds? |
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| dry ice and silver iodide |
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t or f
cloud seeding is the most common way to produce rain from clouds and it adds particles to clouds so water vapor can condense |
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t or f
cloud seeding has been used to clear fog from airports |
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| the energy transfer from a hotter object to a cooler one is |
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| reflection of light in all direction is |
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| transfer of heat by movements of a fluid is |
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| clouds that form in flat layers are |
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| a type of breeze that blows from the ocean or a lake to the land is |
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| distance north or south from the equator measured in degrees is |
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| the average AMOUNT of energy of motion in the molecules of a substance is |
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| water shortage caused by long periods of low precipitation |
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| an instrument used to measure wind speed |
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| measure of amount of water vapor in the air is called |
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| clouds that are made mostly of ice crystals that form at high altitudes are called |
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