Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.

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

Answer: (A)

Precipitation is the water that falls to the ground from clouds in the forms of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. It happens when water vapor rises and condenses into droplets in clouds, and those droplets combine and become too heavy to be held up by the air, so gravity pulls them down to Earth. This is a part of the water cycle that directly brings water to the surface. Humidity refers to how much water vapor is in the air, not something that falls to the ground. Evaporation is the process of liquid water turning into water vapor and rising into the air. Transpiration is water vapor released from plants. So the term that specifically describes water that reaches the ground from the sky is precipitation.

Precipitation is the water that falls to the ground from clouds in the forms of rain, snow, sleet, or hail. It happens when water vapor rises and condenses into droplets in clouds, and those droplets combine and become too heavy to be held up by the air, so gravity pulls them down to Earth. This is a part of the water cycle that directly brings water to the surface.

Humidity refers to how much water vapor is in the air, not something that falls to the ground. Evaporation is the process of liquid water turning into water vapor and rising into the air. Transpiration is water vapor released from plants. So the term that specifically describes water that reaches the ground from the sky is precipitation.