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Transcript of Precipitation Chapter 16 Section 5 Pages 551-554 Chapter 16 Section 5 Pages 551-554.
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PrecipitationPrecipitation
Chapter 16 Section 5
Pages 551-554
Chapter 16 Section 5
Pages 551-554
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Precipitation
• Water evaporates into the air from every water surface on Earth and living things.
• Returns to Earth as a form of precipitation- any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface.
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Precipitation
• Comes from Clouds.– Not all clouds produce precipitation.
• Water Droplets grow by colliding and combining with other cloud droplets until they are heavy enough to fall.
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How Precipitation Forms
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Rain
• Most common form of precipitation.
• Must be .5mm in diameter.– Smaller= mist or drizzle.
• Fall from nimbostratus clouds.
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Sleet
• Rain drops fall through a layer of air below 0°C (freezing point of water) and freeze into solid particles of ice (pellets).
• Smaller than .5mm in diameter.
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• Water vapor in a cloud is converted directly into ice crystals (snowflakes).
• Have an endless number of shapes and patterns.
• All with six sides or branches.
• Join together to form larger clumps.
Snow
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Freezing Rain
• Rain drops fall through the air and freeze when they touch a cold surface.
• Thick layers are heavy and can cause tree branches to break, power lines to fall.
• Makes sidewalks and roads slippery and dangerous.
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Hail
• Larger than 5mm in diameter.
• Forms inside cumulonimbus cloud. (thunderstorm cloud)
• Causes damage to crops, buildings, and vehicles.
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Hail
• Starts as an ice pellet inside a cold region of a cloud. Strong updrafts in the cloud cause the ice pellet to go up and down, adding a layer of ice each trip.
• Becomes heavy enough to fall.
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Measuring Precipitation
• Rain gauge- an open ended can or tube that collects rainfall.– Has a funnel at the top to
increase the accuracy of the measurement.
• Snow fall- measured with a ruler or snow is melted and the depth is measured.
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Controlling Precipitation
• Drought- long periods of low precipitation.
– Can damage crops. Which causes higher food prices.
– Can cause widespread hunger or famine.
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Controlling Precipitation
• Cloud seeding- a method to produce rain during a drought.
• Dropping Frozen CO2 (Dry Ice) into clouds.– Causes water to start condensing on ice
crystals and to grow.
• Dropping Silver Iodide Crystals– Acts as artificial condensation nuclei
– Can be used to clear fog from an airport.