Chapter 17 Vocabulary

Question 1

Evaporation

Answer 1

Conversion of a liquid to a vapor

Question 2

Condensation

Answer 2

Conversion of a vapor to a liquid

Question 3

Sublimation

Answer 3

Conversion of a solid to a gas

Question 4

Deposition

Answer 4

Conversion of a vapor directly to a solid

Question 5

Humidity

Answer 5

Amount of water vapor in the air

Question 6

Saturation

Answer 6

Dependent of the temperature of the air

Question 7

Relative Humidity

Answer 7

Ratio of the air’s water vapor content to its capacity at that temperature

Question 8

Dew point

Answer 8

temperature to which the air would have to be cooled to reach saturation

Question 9

Adiabatic Changes

Answer 9

no heat added or subtracted

Question 10

Frontal Wedging

Answer 10

cool air acts as a barrier over which warm air rises

Question 11

convergence (convection)

Answer 11

as air converges it occupies a smaller space which requires the height of the column of air to increase

Question 12

condensation nuclei

Answer 12

tiny bits of particulate matter serve as surfaces for water vapor condensation

Question 13

Cirrus clouds

Answer 13

High, white, and thin

Question 14

Cumulus clouds

Answer 14

globular individual cloud masses with a flat base and dome shape

Question 15

Stratus

Answer 15

Sheets or layers that cover most of the sky

Question 16

advection

Answer 16

warm moist air blowing over a cool surface

Question 17

radiation

Answer 17

fog forms on cool, clear, calm nights when the surface cools rapidly

Question 18

evaporation fog

Answer 18

over a body of water the warmer water evaporates and condenses in the cool air above