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Download Solution PDFPrecipitation in the form of irregular pellets or lumps of ice of size more than 8 mm is known as ________.
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Precipitation
- The process of continuous condensation in free air helps the condensed particles to grow in size. When the resistance of the air fails to hold them against the force of gravity, they fall on to the earth’s surface.
- So after the condensation of water vapor, the release of moisture is known as precipitation.
- This may take place in liquid or solid form.
Types of precipitation
| Type of precipitation | Characteristics |
| Rain | It is formed by condensation and coalescence of cloud droplets at temperatures above the freezing point having size between 0.5mm-6mm. |
| Hail | It is precipitation in the form of balls or lumps of ice over 8 mm diameter formed by alternate freezing and melting as they are carried up and down in highly turbulent air currents. |
| Glaze | It is the ice coating formed when drizzle or rain freezes as it comes in contact with cold objects on the ground |
| Fog | A weather condition in which very small drops of water come together to form a thick cloud close to the land or sea, making it difficult to see. |
| Sleet | It is frozen raindrops cooled to ice stage while falling through air at sub-freezing temperature |
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