Hot air rises, but as it goes up it cools.

As air cools the water vapour (gas)

changes into water droplets (liquid) an
d clouds are formed.
Condensation
Air cools. The water vapour
changes to WATER
DROPLETS making CLOUDS
CLOUDS Evaporation
Water on the
Precipitation ground rising up int
Water droplets stick o the air as an
together and fall out invisible gas WATE
of the sky R VAPOUR

- rain
-snow
-Sleet
-hail
LAND WATER
 Convectional Rainfall
Relief Rainfall
Frontal Rainfall

For each type of rainfall you are going to fill in the rig
ht words and make a diagram. (Geog:2 page 27)
Convectional Rainfall

When it is a hot day the sun heats up the

ground making the water on the ground e____
___ and rise up into the air as w____ v_____.
When it gets colder the water vapour
c_______ and falls as r___.
Convectional Rainfall

When it is hot day the sun heats up the

ground making the water on the ground evap
orate and rise up into the air as water vapour.
When it gets colder the water vapour
condenses and falls as rain.
Relief Rainfall
When air is blown against a line of hills it is
forced to r___.
As it rises it c____. As it cools the w____
v_____ c________ forming water d______ an
d it r_____.
Relief Rainfall
When air is blown against a line of hills it is
forced to rise.
As it rises it cools. As it cools the water
vapour condenses forming water droplets an
d it rains.
Frontal Rainfall
The air temperature is not the same all over the
world. There are warm air masses and cold air
masses.
When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass
the ____ air mass if forced to rise.
As the warm air goes up it c____ and the w____
v_____ c_______, c_____ are formed and it
r____.
Frontal Rainfall
The air temperature is not the same all over
the world. There are warm air masses and cold
air masses.
When a warm air mass meets a cold air mass
the warm air mass is forced to rise.
As the warm air goes up it cools and the water
vapour condenses, clouds are formed and it ra
ins.