Exam 7: Water and Atmospheric Moisture

As temperature increases, the saturation vapor pressure

Cooling of a surface overnight that chills the air layer directly above that surface may form

Which of the following is true regarding condensation nuclei?

The hydrogen bonding in water creates ________, a cohesive force that enables one to slightly overfill a glass with water or allows denser objects, such as a lengthwise steel needle, to float on water.

Deposition is the phase change from of a solid (ice) to a gas (water vapor).

When temperatures are below freezing, the temperature at which air becomes saturated leading to the formation of frost is the

The term deposition refers to

Which of the following is true regarding cirrostratus clouds?

Clouds are unimportant to climate change.

What is the heat energy involved in the change of state, or phase, in water?

Which type of cloud would dominate the weather in a region under the ITCZ?

Which of the following illustrates how humans are using fog as a resource?

Water vapor in the atmosphere is called

Most of the precipitation and evaporation on Earth takes place over the

Define and distinguish between relative humidity and specific humidity.

A mass of air always becomes saturated when it reaches the

There is an inverse relationship between temperature and relative humidity, e.g. on a typical day, relatively humidity is highest when the temperatures are the lowest.

Relative humidity is

Cirrus clouds are associated with thunderstorms and hard showers.

A thunderstorm is associated with ________ clouds.