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Precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or lumps of ice of size more than 8 mm is known as ___________.
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Precipitation in the form of irregular pellets or lumps of ice of size more than 8 mm is known as ___________.

A.

glaze

B.

fog

C.

sleet

D.

hail

Correct option is D

1)  Hail: It is a large size of snow which have size greater than 8 mm. They are in the form of irrigator pellets or lumps of ice.
2)  Glaze: When the water  droplet (rain or drizzle) come in contact with ground which have a  temperature near about 0° C or less than it, t hese water drops freeze and form ice coating on ground surface which is called glaze or freezing rain.
3)  Sleet:  These are formed when rainfall is at subfreezing temperature. Sleet denotes both rain and snow and the size of sleet is less than 5 mm.

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