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Which sentence correctly explains the process and conditions needed for sleet to form?

A During thunderstorms and extremely cold temperatures, water droplets freeze in layers and form balls or chunks of ice.

B Both the temperature of the cloud and the temperature of the air must be below freezing in order for the flakes to fall from the sky.

C A liquid form of precipitation that is formed in above freezing temperatures becomes heavier as it falls the ground in the form of raindrops.

D Ice crystals melt as they fall through a warm layer of air and then refreeze into small ice pellets as they pass through a colder layer of air

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Answer:

D) Ice crystals melt as they fall through a warm layer of air and then refreeze into small ice pellets as they pass through a colder layer of air.

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I apologize if it is incorrect.

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I believe D is the right answer. I apologize if it isn’t.
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