VOCABULARY
Water in the Atmosphere
CLOUDS
STATES OF MATTER
100
What is any form of water that falls from a cloud?
PRECIPITATION
100
when it comes to understanding atmospheric processes, What is the most important gas for understanding atmospheric processes?
water vapor is the most important gas in the atmosphere.
100
IN ORDER TO FORM CLOUDS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO WATER VAPOR ?
WATER VAPOR NEEDS TO CONDENSE INTO TINY PATICLES
100
What are the three states of matter?
soli, liquid,gas
200
What is the energy absorbed or released during a change in state?
LATENT HEAT
200
WHAT PERCENT DOES WATER VAPOR MAKE UP IN THE ATMOSPHER?
0.001%
200
do heavy droplets increase in clouds?
The air to support them fall as precipitationWhy
200
What state of matter can solid, liquid, and gases change to?
solid to liquid, liquid to gas, & solid to gas
300
What is the process of changing a liquid to a gas
evaporation
300
How does the temperature of air influence its ability to hold water?
When saturated, warm air contains more water vapor than saturated cold air
300
What are the tiny particles in that water vapor was condensed into?
Cloud condensation
400
what is the change of state from a gas to a liquid.
condensation
400
does relative humidity describe about air?
relative humidity is a ratio of the air's actual water-vapor air can hold at that temperature and pressureWhat
400
When do clouds form?
when water vapor turms into liquid water droplets or into solId ice crystals which are light enough to float in the air.
500
What is the conversion of a soild directly to a gas without passing through the liquid state?
sublimation
500
Can you list two ways that relative humidity can be changed?
To summarize, when the water-vapor content of air remains constant, lowering air temperature causes an increase in relative humidity, and raising air temperatures causes a decrease in relative humidity.
500
PRECIPITATION COMES FROM CLOUDS , WHAT ARE AT LEAST 4 TYPES OF PRECIPITATION?
RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, HAIL
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