Rain falls from clouds to Earth's surface in the form of liquid water droplets.
A general word for water that falls from clouds is precipitation
The term for liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to the earth's surface is precipitation. This includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
When rain falls from clouds and freezes along the way, it is called "sleet."
When a rock falls through Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteoroid. If it survives the journey and lands on Earth's surface, it is then called a meteorite.
Rain falls from clouds to Earth's surface in the form of liquid water droplets.
A general word for water that falls from clouds is precipitation
The term for liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to the earth's surface is precipitation. This includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail.
When rain falls from clouds and freezes along the way, it is called "sleet."
rain
When a rock falls through Earth's atmosphere, it is called a meteoroid. If it survives the journey and lands on Earth's surface, it is then called a meteorite.
When moisture that has evaporated from the earths surface and then falls back as rain
Virga
When a beam of light falls on a surface, it is called reflection if it bounces off the surface, or refraction if it passes through the surface and changes direction.
It is called a meteorite, which is a solid piece of debris, typically from a comet, asteroid, or planetary body, that survives its passage through Earth's atmosphere and lands on the surface.
That is precipitation, which is any form of water - liquid or solid - that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.
The rain that falls but does not reach the ground is called virga. Virga appears as streaks or wisps of precipitation hanging beneath clouds but evaporates before reaching the surface due to dry air below.