Radar gathers information about precipitation in clouds by measuring the ____
A) energy emitted by the precipitation particles
B) absorption characteristics of falling precipitation
C) amount of energy reflected back to a transmitter
D) amount of sunlight scattered off the precipitation
C
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a. True b. False