Vocabulary
What is relative humidity?
Is the percentage of water vapor that is actually in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor the air can hold at a particular temperature.
How is Relative humidity measure?
is measure with an instrument called Psychrometer
What is humidity?
Is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air.
What means100% of relative humidity ?
That the
air is totally saturated with water vapor
and can not hold any more, creating
the possibility of rain.
What is condensation?
Is the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water.
What is a fog?
is where the relative humidity is 100%
What is evaporation?
Is the process by which molecules of liquid water escape into the air after becoming water vapor.
Difference between humidity and relative humidity?
Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere while relative humidity is one type of humidity.
What is the water cycle?
is the movement of water through Earth’s systems, powered by the Sun’s energy.
Difference between humidity and relative humidity?
Humidity is the water content of the mixture of water vapor and other elements found in the air while relative humidity is the percentage of water vapor in the air at a given temperature.