SOCIAL SCIENCE –II

CLASS -9 ,LESSON 1,PART - 5

PRECIPITATION

FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
 PRECIPITATION
• Continuous condensation causes the size and
weight of the water droplets increase and
they move down under the influence of
gravity. Similarly, the increase in size of water
droplets in the clouds makes them fall down
to the Earth. This process is called
precipitation.
 FORMS OF PRECIPITATION
Rainfall

Precipitation Snowfall

Hail stone
 RAINFALL

Precipitation
in the form of
water droplets .
SNOWFALL

Precipitation in
the form of tiny
crystals of ice.
 HAIL STONE

Precipitation in
the form of ice
pellets.
TYPES OF RAIN

•Orographic rain
•Convectional rain
•Border rain
OROGRAPHIC RAIN
The moisture-laden wind
from the sea enters the land
and moves upwards along the
mountain slopes where it gets
cooled and condensed to
form clouds. When the
windward sides of the
mountain receive heavy
rainfall, the leeward sides do
not receive rainfall due to the
descending dry air. This type
of rainfall is known as
orographic rainfall or relief
rainfall.
 CONVECTIONAL RAIN
During summer in the tropical
regions , rainfall occurs with
thunder and lightning. This rain,
mostly occurring in the
afternoon, does not last long.
This type of rainfall is called
convectional rainfall.
BORDER RAIN
If the air over the sea comes in
contact with the air over the land in
the coastal regions , the warm air
will be pushed upwards causing
cloud formation and rainfall . This
type of rainfall is called border rain.
SUMMERY
• > Processes of heat transfer in the atmosphere.
• > Heat budget
• > temperature
• > factors influencing the distribution of temperature
• > Global distribution of temperature
• > Humidity
• > Forms of condensation
• > Precipitation
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