Precipitation

Using the rain gauge in your school, measure the rainfall continuously for one week
occurring in your surroundings. Make a bar graph using computers to show the amount of rainfall on the basis of the data obtained.

Distinguish between:
Snow and hail

Answer in brief:

Comment on the rainfall occuring in the rain shadow area.

Identify the precipitation type with the help of the description given:

(a) It is the main source of the water that you use. Sometimes it is torrential and sometimes continuous. Most of the agriculture in India is dependent on it.

(b) It seems as if water droplets are floating in the atmosphere. In London, one cannot see the Sun till the afternoon during winters because of this phenomenon.

(c) It never precipitates like this in equatorial areas. Precipitation in the solid form sometimes causes damage to the crops.

(d) A white cotton like layer spreads on the earth’s surface. Because of this form of precipitation, the State of Jammu and Kashmir has to change its capital in winters. In Maharashtra, it does not precipitate like this.