What term describes water falling from clouds as rain, snow, or hail?

What term describes water falling from clouds as rain, snow, or hail?

• A. Precipitation
• B. Evaporation
• C. Condensation
• D. Transpiration

Answer: (A)

Precipitation is the term for water falling from clouds as rain, snow, or hail. It’s the part of the water cycle that returns water from the atmosphere back to Earth’s surface. Clouds form when water vapor rises and cools, then condenses into droplets. When those droplets grow too large to be carried by the air, gravity pulls them down as precipitation. The form—rain, snow, or hail—depends on atmospheric conditions like temperature and updraft strength. Evaporation is liquid water turning into vapor, condensation is vapor turning into liquid droplets to form clouds, and transpiration is plants releasing water vapor. So precipitation specifically describes the water that falls from the sky.

Precipitation is the term for water falling from clouds as rain, snow, or hail. It’s the part of the water cycle that returns water from the atmosphere back to Earth’s surface. Clouds form when water vapor rises and cools, then condenses into droplets. When those droplets grow too large to be carried by the air, gravity pulls them down as precipitation. The form—rain, snow, or hail—depends on atmospheric conditions like temperature and updraft strength. Evaporation is liquid water turning into vapor, condensation is vapor turning into liquid droplets to form clouds, and transpiration is plants releasing water vapor. So precipitation specifically describes the water that falls from the sky.