WONDER #287: Why Does It Hail?

Question 1 of 3

Hailstones fall to Earth as soon as they grow big enough to overcome what?

1. clouds
2. updrafts
3. gravity
4. lightning

Question 2 of 3

What do you call the process in which graupel accumulates more moisture and gets bigger?

1. accretion
2. snowing
3. precipitation
4. updrafts

Question 3 of 3

Ice crystals, known as soft hail or snow pellets, are called what by meteorologists?

1. ice cubes
2. snowflakes
3. petals
4. graupel

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