When precipitation comes down to the earth in the liquid form, it is called ______.

Cloud

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Rain

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Snow

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Ice

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Solution

The correct option is B Rain
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapour that falls under gravitational pull from clouds. Main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, sleet, snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail.
Rain is the precipitation of water in a liquid state.
Hence, the correct option is B.

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