Question

7. Соотнесите следующие понятия (1-7) с их определениями (a-g).

1) snow

2) cloud

3) rain

4) sun

5) icicle

6) rainbow

7) hail

a. the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops

b. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds

c. a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water

d. atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer

e. an arch of colours visible in the sky, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere

f. a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground

g. the star round which the earth orbits

Answer 1

1) snow d. atmospheric water vapour frozen into ice crystals and falling in light white flakes or lying on the ground as a white layer
2) cloud f. a visible mass of condensed watery vapour floating in the atmosphere, typically high above the general level of the ground
3) rain a. the condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops
4) sun g. the star round which the earth orbits
5) icicle c. a hanging, tapering piece of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water
6) rainbow e. an arch of colours visible in the sky, caused by the refraction and dispersion of the sun's light by rain or other water droplets in the atmosphere
7) hail b. pellets of frozen rain which fall in showers from cumulonimbus clouds