Atmospheric Moisture
Atmospheric Moisture
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1. Do you understand the phases of water?
2. Do you understand the hydrologic cycle?
3. Do you understand the difference between absolute humidity, specific humidity and relative humidity?
4. Do you understand the concept of vapor pressure?
5. Do you understand the concept of dew point?
1. What are the primary factors that influence evaporation?
2. Explain why condensation occurs primarily when the air is cooled.
3. Describe the hydrologic cycle?
4. Why is the relative humidity greater in the southeastern U.S. than it is in the southwestern U.S.?
5. Where is the relative humidity lower, in the Sahara desert or at the south pole?
6. During the summer, in terms of the actual amount of water vapor in the air, where is the driest part of the United States?
7. Why do hot and humid summer days feel hotter than hot and dry summer days?
8. Would you expect water in a bowl to evaporate more quickly on a windy, warm, dry summer day or on a calm, cold, dry winter day?
9. Where in the United States would you go to experience the least variation in dew point from January to July?
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