Water In The Air

Question 0

How does water get from the earth's surface into the air:
a) through precipitation 
B) through condensation 
C) through evaporation
D) through run off

Answer 0

through evaporation

Question 1

The condition of the atmosphere at a certain time and place called the

Answer 1

Weather

Question 2

Clouds form in the process of 
A) precipitation 
B) evaporation 
C) condensation 
D) run off

Answer 2

Condensation

Question 3

Rain snow sleet and hail are all forms of 
a) condensation 
B) evaporation 
C) precipitation 
D) run off

Answer 3

Precipitation

Question 4

Water that flows across land and collects in rivers streams & the ocean is called

Answer 4

Runoff

Question 5

What is the water cycle? describe the path of water through the cycle

Answer 5

Water goes from land, to air, then falls back to land and repeats

Question 6

An instrument that measures relative humidity is

Answer 6

Psychrometer

Question 7

The amount of water vapor in the air compared with the maximum it can hold at a given temperature is

Answer 7

Relative humidity

Question 8

Air that holds all the water it can add a given temperature is

Answer 8

Saturated

Question 9

The amount of water vapor in the air is

Answer 9

Humidity

Question 10

What happens to air’s ability to hold water vapor as the air gets warmer

Answer 10

It increases, it changes as it gets warmer

Question 11

What is the relative humidity of air that holds all the water it can at a given temperature

Answer 11

The relative humidity changes

Question 12

What happens to the relative humidity if the amount of water vapor in the air stays the same but the air gets cooler

Answer 12

It changes

Question 13

Explain how you would use a wetbulb thermometer and a dry bulb thermometer to find the relative humidity

Answer 13

You soak it and see how long it takes to evaporate

Question 14

The changes state from the gas to liquid is called

Answer 14

Condensation

Question 15

When air cools to a temperature at which it is saturated the air has reached its

Answer 15

Dew point

Question 16

Why do water droplets form on the outside of a glass of water

Answer 16

Because water vapor condenses into a liquid

Question 17

What are two ways in which air can become saturated

Answer 17

When water vapor is added to the air, and when it cools to it’s dewpoint

Question 18

What is a cloud made of

Answer 18

Tiny droplets of water or snow

Question 19

What are two ways in which clouds are classified

Answer 19

My form and by altitude

Question 20

Covers large areas and form in layers

Answer 20

Stratus clouds

Question 21

Found at high-altitudes & form when the wind is strong

Answer 21

Cirrus clouds

Question 22

Produce thunderstorms

Answer 22

Cumulonimbus clouds

Question 23

Have flat bottoms and often indicate Fair weather

Answer 23

Cumulus clouds

Question 24

Produce continuous rain

Answer 24

Nimbostratus clouds

Question 25

Prefix for clouds at middle altitudes

Answer 25

Alto-

Question 26

Prefix for clouds at high altitudes

Answer 26

Cirro-

Question 27

Water that returns to earth in liquid or solid form is

Answer 27

Precipitation

Question 28

A water droplet in a cloud becomes rain when it's diameter increases to how many times its original size

Answer 28

100

Question 29

How does sleet form

Answer 29

When rain falls through a layer of freezing air

Question 30

How does snow form

Answer 30

When temperatures are so cold that the water vapor changes directly into a solid

Question 31

Why can hail become very large and heavy

Answer 31

Because water covers it and it goes up and down over and over