The growth of a precipitation particle by the collision of an ice crystal (or snowflake) with a supercooled liquid droplet is called?

a. ?accretion.
b. ?spontaneous nucleation.
c. ?condensation.
d. ?deposition.
e. ?collision.


ANSWER: a

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