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Which type of precipitation forms when water droplets fall through a cold layer of air and freeze on their way to the ground?

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Answer:

This would be sleet.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sleet is formed when water droplets fall through a cold layer of air. Freezing rain, on the other hand, is water droplets that freezes upon contact with a solid surface.

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