Meaning: Water comes down from the clouds to the ground as rain.
Choice of Words: Rain: water that falls from the clouds to the ground. Falls: moves downwards under the force of gravity.
Alternative Expressions
Water droplets descend from the clouds towards the Earth's surface.
Meaning: This means the same as the first sentence, but it uses different words.
Choice of Words:Water droplets are the small drops of water that make up rain. Descend means to move downward. Clouds are the white or gray things you see in the sky that are made of water vapor. Earth's surface is the surface of the Earth, like the grass or dirt.
Precipitation in the form of liquid H2O is released from atmospheric formations and travels downward to the Earth's crust.
Meaning: This means the same as the first two sentences, but it uses more scientific words.
Choice of Words:Precipitation is another word for rain. Liquid H2O is the scientific name for water. Atmospheric formations are the clouds in the sky. Earth's crust is the surface of the Earth.