what is precipitation and discuss about its type?
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Precipitation (Water Falling from the Sky)
There are many different types of precipitation —rain, snow, hail, and sleet for example—yet they all have a few things in common. They all come from clouds. They are all forms of water that fall from the sky.
Continuous condensation causes the droplets in the clouds to grow in size . Being unable to resist the gravitational force of the earth , the water droplets get released from the clouds and fall on the earth in different forms . This process is called precipitation.
There are different froms of precipitation . The common manifestation of precipitation is in the form of water drops . This is rainfall .
When the temperature falls below 0°Celcius , Precipitation reaches the earth in the form of tiny ice crystals . This is snowfall .
If the water droplets released from the clouds happen to pass through colder layers of the atmosphere , they may reach the earth in the form of ice pellets . This is called hailstones