Precipitation Quizzes & Trivia

Raindrops, ice pellet, hail, snow, and graupel - there are few people who can actual appreciate these forms of precipitations to their real extent. If you believe you are one of these particular few, you should test your adherence by answering the precipitation quizzes.

Here are some sample questions: “How does the air become saturated?”, “What is the expected amount of liquid precipitation accumulated over a specific time period, over a specified area called?”, “What phenomenon occurs when water droplets fuse to create larger water droplets, or when water droplets freeze onto an ice crystal?”, and “What does the increase in the number of heavy precipitation events occurred only in the past century indicate?”. You do not need to precipitate your answers, but focus on proving our weatherman skills.

Precipitation happens when a part of the atmosphere gets saturated with water vapor. There are significant forms of precipitation that include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, graupel, and hail. It is the primary element of the...

Questions: 16 | Attempts: 1170 | Last updated: Jun 25, 2019

Sample Question
What is precipitation?

Water that falls from the ground.

Water that falls from the sky.

Water that rises to the clouds from the ground.

Water that rises from the ground.

Clouds Precipitation And Severe Storms

Questions: 15 | Attempts: 113 | Last updated: Feb 12, 2013

Sample Question
What prefix is used to identify clouds that appear from 2000 to 6000 meters above the surface?

Cirro-

Nimbo-

Strato-

Alto-

What Type Of Precipitation Are You?

This quiz will tell you wether you are snow, rain, hail, or sleet.

Questions: 4 | Attempts: 72 | Last updated: May 27, 2016

Sample Question
Your parents decide to get a dog (you've never had one in your life before), the first thing you think is:

"There will sure be a lot of dog poop to clean up."

"Yes!"

"He'll be a lot of work, but I'm sure he'll be worth it."

"Puppies are so cute and fluffy, I can't believe one will soon be mine!"

"He'd better not get into any of my things!"

"It will be hard to live with in the beginning, but a dog is a wonderful pet."

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