Precipitation Exploration
A second-grade science worksheet to explore different types of precipitation and the water cycle.
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Precipitation Exploration
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Good luck!
1. What is precipitation?
Water that stays in the sky
Water that falls from clouds
Water that comes from the ocean
Water that is always frozen
2. Which of these is NOT a type of precipitation?
Rain
Snow
Clouds
Hail
3. When water freezes in the clouds and falls as ice, it is called .
4. is frozen precipitation that falls as soft, white flakes.
5. The most common type of precipitation is .
6. Sleet is rain that freezes before it hits the ground.
True
False
7. All precipitation always starts as snow in the clouds.
True
False
8. Describe one way precipitation is important for plants and animals.
9. Draw a picture of a cloud and show rain falling from it. Label your drawing 'Cloud' and 'Rain'.
