Name: _______________________________________________________
Date: ______________
“Rain, Snow – Precipitation Around the World”
Prezi Worksheet
1. Name 4 types of precipitation
____________________, ______________________, _____________________, ______________________
2. What percent of the world’s surface is covered with water?
3. When a sunbeam brings in energy, what happens to some of the water?
4. What is water called when it is in the gas stage?
5. Fill in the blanks. The less dense vapor is _________________ to the ___________,
the more dense vapor is at the ______________.
6. As the vapors get higher, what happens to the temperature?
7. What is it called when water vapor gather together in a group and turn to
liquid?
8. Fill in the blanks. Clouds bring moisture from _____________________; then it
condenses into ______________________.
9. What types of clouds are responsible for thunderstorms?
10. Snowflakes form from what?
11. Snowflakes turn water vapor into a ______________ consistency.
12. What do scientists use clouds for?
13. Fill in the blanks. Precipitation is any form of _____________ that falls from the
__________________ and reaches the _________________.
14. Which form of precipitation is the most common?
15. Which state does rain come down as?
16. How is sleet characterized?
17. Fill in the blanks. Hail is precipitation in the form of small __________ of
_________ falling to the ground.
18. How is hail formed? .
19. When does hail usually occur?
20. What kind of precipitation is snow?
21. Snow remains in what state their entire trip to the Earth?
22. Precipitation is water being released from what?
23. What causes eyeglasses to fog up when you come inside from the cold?
24. What do water vapors need in order to form clouds?
Name: _______________________________________________________
Date: ______________
“Rain, Snow – Precipitation Around the World”
Prezi Worksheet – Answer Key
1. Name 4 types of precipitation
______Rain_________, ________Sleet_________, ______Hail________, ________Snow______
2. What percent of the world’s surface is covered with water? 71%
3. When a sunbeam brings in energy, what happens to some of the water? It
evaporates.
4. What is water called when it is in the gas stage? Vapor
5. Fill in the blanks. The less dense vapor is __raised___ to the __top___, the
more dense vapor is at the __base___.
6. As the vapors get higher, what happens to the temperature? Falls
7. What is it called when water vapor gather together in a group and turn to
liquid? Condensation
8. Fill in the blanks. Clouds bring moisture from ___Evaporation__; then it
condenses into __Precipitation___.
9. What types of clouds are responsible for thunderstorms? Cumulonimbus
10. Snowflakes form from what? Ice Crystals
11. Snowflakes turn water vapor into a _solid_ consistency.
12. What do scientists use clouds for? To help forecast weather.
13. Fill in the blanks. Precipitation is any form of __water__ that falls from the
__atmosphere__ and reaches the __ground__.
14. Which form of precipitation is the most common? Rain
15. Which state does rain come down as? Liquid
16. How is sleet characterized? Sleet is characterized by frozen raindrops or
refrozen snowflakes that form ice pellets.
17. Fill in the blanks. Hail is precipitation in the form of small ___balls__ of
___ice___ falling to the ground.
18. How is hail formed? Hail is formed when falling ice crystals are pushed back
up to the upper level of the cloud by updraft winds until these ice crystals are
too heavy and they fall to the Earth in a solid form.
19. When does hail usually occur? With thunderstorms
20. What kind of precipitation is snow? Frozen
21. Snow remains in what state their entire trip to the Earth? Solid
22. Precipitation is water being released from what? Clouds
23. What causes eyeglasses to fog up when you come inside from the cold?
Condensation
24. What do water vapors need in order to form clouds? Something to stick to
like dust