The growth of a hailstone usually involves everything EXCEPT:
A) being carried several times into the frozen region of the cloud by updrafts.
B) spontaneous freezing of large water droplets into hail stones.
C) the development of alternating layers of clear and cloudy ice.
D) ice pellets encountering supercooled water droplets.

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Spontaneous freezing of large water droplets into hailstones is not a part of the growth process of hailstones. Instead, the growth involves the accumulation of layers of ice through the alternate freezing of supercooled water droplets and ice pellets as they are carried by updrafts into the frozen region of the cloud.

The Growth of a Hailstone Usually Involves Everything EXCEPT