Exam 7: Water and Atmospheric Moisture

The sling psychrometer is an instrument for measuring relative humidity.

The higher the temperature, the lower the maximum specific humidity.

A stable air parcel resists upward displacement.

The prefix nimbo- and the suffix -nimbus means

Hydrogen bonding between water molecules produces the properties of surface tension and capillarity.

Compare and contrast the normal lapse rate, environmental lapse rate, the dry adiabatic rate, and the moist adiabatic rate.

The phase changes of water provide a significant amount of the energy that powers the general circulation of the atmosphere.

The wet adiabatic rate is ________ than the dry adiabatic rate because ________.

As water cools from room temperature to 4°C (39°F), it ________ and its density ________.

Which of the following would cause the evaporation rate to decrease?

Which of the following phase changes decreases the temperature of the air?

Clouds with the prefix nimbo- and the suffix -nimbus are rain clouds.

Conditionally unstable conditions are produced when the environmental lapse rate is less than both the dry adiabatic rate and moist adiabatic rate.

If a kilogram of air at 20°C (68°F) has a specific humidity of 7.5 g/kg, the relative humidity is

Out of all the water present in the Earth systems, ________ is stored in the atmosphere.

Warm air is capable of holding more water vapor than cooler air.

Which of the following normally would be true of the humidity above the hot, moist, tropical rain forests of the world?

On cool spring mornings, veils of fog can often be seen rising above warm lakes and ponds. This type fog is an example of ________ fog.

The technique of allowing water to freeze has been used to quarry rocks.

An unstable air parcel continues to rise until it reaches an altitude where the surrounding air has a density and temperature similar to its own.