Multiple choice

When rain falls through a cold layer of air near the earth' s surface, raindrops get frozen into ice. What is this type of precipitation called?

  1. sleet

  2. hail

  3. snowfall

  4. ice crystals
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Explanation

Sleet forms when snowflakes melt into rain as they pass through a warm layer of air, and then refreeze into ice particles when passing through a sub-freezing layer of air near the Earth's surface. Hail forms within thunderstorms, and snowfall remains frozen throughout its descent.

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