It fell from the sky
Can precipitation come from anywhere else than the sky?
No - only the sky
What does saturation mean?
No more of something can be absorbed
T/F
Cold air can hold less water vapor.
True
What is evaporation?
Change from liquid to gas
How is air temperature determined?
Thermometer
What is all precipitation? (4 answers)
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
What are the two main components related to humidity?
Relative Humidity
Absolute Humidity
T/F
Warm air can hold more water vapor
True
Solid to Liquid, is what phase change of matter?
Melting
Barometer
What is dew point?
The temperature at which gas changes to a liquid.
When it rains
What is relative humidity?
The amount of water vapor present in the air
Why does the sky look the way it does?
Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by different gases and participles in the air.
What would happen if you left a fish tank with a fish outside in the scolding heat?
The water would evaporate but the fish would not.
High Pressure
Air Pressure
What are the four phases of changes in matter?
Condensation, Evaporation, Freezing, Melting
What is absolute humidity?
A measure of the actual amount of water vapor in the air
What do billions of drops make up?
A cloud
The change from water vapor to liquid water is called what?
Condensation
Air pressure has to do with how much the air _______
Weighs
What makes up a drop?
A million droplets
Humidity is the amount of _________ in the air?
Water Vapor
Draw a picture of droplets creating a drop.
Ms. Maz will draw it- I could not figure out how to import a picture :/
Write an example of condensation and freezing.
Condensation: gas -> liquid
Freezing: liquid -> solid
What directions does high and low pressure go in the atmosphere?
High pressure -- down
Low pressure -- up