What is precipitation?

Question

What is precipitation?

Answer 1

In meteorology, precipitation (also known as hydrometeor) is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that is deposited on the earth's surface. It occurs when the atmosphere (being a large gaseous solution) becomes saturated with water vapor and the water condenses and falls out of solution (i.e., precipitates).Air becomes saturated via two processes, Cooling and Adding Moisture. Precipitation that reaches the surface of the earth can occur in many different forms, including rain, freezing rain, snow, sleet, and hail. Virga is precipitation that begins falling to the earth but dries up before it reaches the surface. Precipitation is a major component of the hydrologic cycle, and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the planet. Approximately 505,000 km³ of water falls as precipitation each year, 398,000 km³ of it over the oceans.

Answer 2

Rain

Answer 3

it is defineately rain

Answer 4

Precipitation is the formation of a solid in a solution during a chemical reaction. When the chemical reaction occurs the solid formed is called the precipitate. This can occur when an insoluble substance, the precipitate, is formed in the solution due to a reaction or when the solution has been supersaturated by a compound. The formation of a precipitate is a sign of a chemical change. In most situations, the solid forms ("falls") out of the solute phase, and sinks to the bottom of the solution (though it will float if it is less dense than the solvent, or form a suspension).

Answer 5

when water evaporates &goes into the atmasphere it gets mixed with hot air &goes up in the atmosphere.

after reaching higher parts of the atmosphere it cools down and falls down in the form of rain, snow ect

this is precipitation

Answer 6

Precipitation is basically that stuff that falls from the sky, to put it simply. It is not just rain, but snow is precipitation, sleet is precipitation, hail is precipitation, and so on. The question was not what are all the types of precipitation, but to say only rain is not accurate.

Answer 7

evaporation ,condensation ,rainfall.mist.fog,dew

it is the changing conditions of water and changing of locality

mostly because of Plants and trees

Answer 8

When you kiss a girl and rub a girl, her private parts start to precipitate.

Answer 9

a posh word for rain and the process of rain