Liquids/Liquid objects/Rains/Quiz

This Thai rain forest shown at ground level indicates how dense the foliage can be. Credit: Michael Cory.

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Quiz

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1 True or False, Rain can be liquid water in the form of droplets falling through an atmosphere.

	TRUE
	FALSE

2 Precipitation is likely to be which of the following?

	water particles
	snow flakes
	hail
	sleet
	ball bearings

3 Yes or No, Secondary organic aerosols form from oxidation of airborne organic gases and play key roles in weather and climate by seeding clouds and absorbing or scattering sunlight.

	Yes
	No

4 Precipitation products of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor are called

5 Yes or No, Sudden flash floods that happen because of heavy rains is the biggest reason for weather-related deaths.

	Yes
	No

6 Chemistry phenomena associated with rain are

	an epigenome
	water molecules
	atmospheres
	pressure
	ions
	plastic

7 Yes or No, Precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground is called virga.

	Yes
	No

8 Complete the text:

Very small. numerous, and uniformly water , mist, or sprinkle that to the ground is called .

9 Complete the text:

Match up the type of precipitation detector with each of the possibilities below:

sensor pixels - A

rain rate - B

spurious false positives - C

tropical rainfall - D

global precipitation measurement - E

rain - F

TRMM .

retrieval algorithm .

standard rain gauge .

problem background types .

GPM Core Observatory

contain precipitation .

10 Complete the text:

Match up the rain with the phenomenon:

rain shaft - A

hailstone - B

lithometeor - C

plasma meteor - D

torrential water rain - E

red rain - F

forsterite rain - G

rainstorm - H

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See also

• Astronomy/Quiz
• Green astronomy/Quiz
• Planetary science/Quiz
• Radiation astrochemistry/Quiz
• Radiation astrogeography/Quiz
• Radiation astrohistory/Quiz
• Radiation/Quiz

External links

• International Astronomical Union
• NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database - NED
• NASA's National Space Science Data Center
• The SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System
• SDSS Quick Look tool: SkyServer
• SIMBAD Astronomical Database
• SIMBAD Web interface, Harvard alternate
• Spacecraft Query at NASA
• Universal coordinate converter

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