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Snow, sleet and hail are the forms of

Options

  1. Aprecipitation
  2. Bcondensation
  3. Ctranspiration
  4. Devaporation

Correct answer

A. precipitation

Step-by-step solution

Rain, Snow sleet or hails are the different forms of precipitation. Precipitation is any type of water that forms in the Earth's atmosphere and then drops onto the surface of the Earth. The rain that falls from clouds but freezes before it reaches the ground is called sleet or ice pellets. Snow is precipitation that falls in the form of ice crystals. Hail forms when very cold water droplets freeze, or turn solid, as soon as they touch things like dust or dirt . Water vapor in the atmosphere is visible as clouds and

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