Question

What is the difference between condensation and precipitation

Answer 1

Answer: The difference between condensation and precipitation is the is the force of gravity that acts on precipitation and draws down the heavy liquid water down to the earth in form of rain.

Explanation: Condensation is the physical change of gaseous phase of water that is water vapour into liquid phase as liquid water an example is fog. Condensation basically depends on temperature and pressure.

Precipitation is the condensation of gaseous phase of water i.e. atmospheric water vapour which falls under gravity from clouds back to the earth in form of drizzle and/or rain. Precipitation depends on the temperature and the concentration of the solution.

Answer 2

Explanation:

The water cycle is based on three parts;

1. Evaporation

2. Condensation

3. Participation

Condensation:

It is the process in which water vapor changes into liquid water or in other words, it is the transition from the gaseous state to liquid state.

Precipitation:

It is the process in which any liquid or frozen water such as snow that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the Earth

Condensation depends on temperature and pressure whereas precipitation depends on the temperature and the concentration of the solution.