Can you describe rain/precipitation and all it's functions in terms that a third grader will be able to understand? ...     Precipitation in the form of rain or snow occurs when particles of water or ice are large enough to reach the ground. The chief difference between a cloud drop and a rain drop is size.
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The more water vapor there is below the cloud, and the stronger the updrafts that cause this water vapor to condense into cloud water or ice particles, the more likely it is that ... At the opposite extreme is a tropical rain shower that has large amounts of water vapor available to it (like the one pictured above),
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What causes it to rain? A brief explanation of the four main reasons why rain occurs. ... The rising air cools and, if moist, will form mist, clouds or rain on the side of the obstruction where the air is rising. As the air passes over the obstruction, it begins to descend. Descending air warms and will not cause rain.
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What makes rain? What makes rain? You want to find out what makes rainfall, Find out what makes rain. (repeat); ... Air can be so cold, air can be so warm, When both combine together rainy skies are born. (You want to find out what makes rainfall, Find out what makes rain.);
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When dropped from this height, an object having the same weight and size as a rain drop, would continuously accelerate and fall on the ground with a speed of 558 km/h. Certainly, any object that hits the ground with that speed would cause big damage.
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Nicholas Kristof nails it today in his New York Times column:   â While American women cannot normally obtain emergency contraception without a prescription (by which time the optimal 24-hour window has often passed), it is available without a prescription in much of the rest of the world, from Albania to Tunisia, ...
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Scientists have discovered a novel one dimensional ice chain structure built from pentagons that may prove to be a step toward the development of new materials which can be used to seed clouds and cause rain. ... Potential Sources Of 'Rain-Making' Bacteria In The Atmosphere Identified (Nov. 20, 2008) — Scientists...
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Chocolate Rain! Tay Zonday FTW ... IT'S GON' RAIN! - the great Ollie Williams ... Make it rain; - Adam "Pacman" Jones...
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USGS study finds that power plants, not vehicles, cause most nitrogen-related acid rain. ... Vehicles Are Not the Cause of Most Acid Rain ... An important component of acid rain in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States comes primarily from coal-fired power plants and industry hundreds of miles upwind, according to a new U...
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An approaching cold front met low level moisture and upper level winds over central Alabama Sunday producing an afternoon and evening of rain, hail, thunderstorms and scattered tornadoes.
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