Question

What are the different forms of precipitation?
A) Rain
B) Drizzle
C) Snow
D) All of these

Answer 1

Hint: Smaller droplets collide with other raindrops or ice crystals within a cloud to generate precipitation. Showers are short, strong episodes of rain that occur in a variety of areas.

Complete answer:
Now let us analyze the given options:
Option A) Rain: This is the correct option because when the air and surface temperatures are above freezing (32°F, 0°C), liquid water droplets fall as rain. Rain begins as water droplets or ice crystals in a cloud, but it always descends as liquid water. Hence, it is the form of precipitation.
Option B) Drizzle: This is the correct option because drizzle is a type of light liquid precipitation that consists of liquid water drops that are smaller than raindrops, usually less than 0.5 mm (0.02 in) in diameter. When there's a lot of rain, there's a lot of fog. Drizzle drops grow as cloud droplets hit and merge, but they fall out of the bottom of the cloud before they can expand into larger raindrops, much like raindrops.
Option C) Snow: This is the correct option because hail occurs in storm clouds when supercooled water droplets freeze on contact with condensation nuclei, such as dust or dirt, just as other precipitation. The hailstones are blown to the top of the cloud by the storm's updraft. The hailstones descend down, back into the updraft, and are lifted again when the updraft dissipates.
Option D) All of the above: Since all the options are correct. Hence, this option is correct.

Rain, Drizzle, and Snow all are the different forms of precipitation. Therefore the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: Rain, snow, and hail produced 55 inches of precipitation. The Atlantic seaboard and the interior's higher regions receive the most precipitation. In the second half of the year, almost two-thirds of the total precipitation falls.