2017 Mod2 Flashcards
Define the following terms:
A. Humidity
The moisture content of air
B. Absolute humidity
The mass of water vapor contained in a certain volume of air
C. Relative humidity
The ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air at a given temperature to the maximum mass of water vapor in the air could hold at that temperature, expressed as a percent.
D. greenhouse effect
Which certain gases (principally water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane) trapped heat that radiates from earth.
E. Parts per million
The number of molecules or Adams of a substance in next year for every 1 million molecules or Adams in that mixture
The temperature is the same at 1:00 PM on two consecutive days. For a person who is working outside, however, the second day feels cooler than the first day. On which day was a relative humidity higher
First day
A child decides to keep his goldfish outside in a small bowl. He has to add water every day to keep the board for. And two consecutive days people, the temperature and are very similar. But on the first day the relative humidity is 90%, wall on the second day is 60%. And which day with the child add more water to the goldfish bowl
The second day
If you put a glass of water outside win the relative humidity is 100% how quickly will the water evaporate?
It won’t evaporating at all
Why does sweating cool people down
Because the water evaporates off the skin
Is the percentage of nitrogen in dry air? What about oxygen?
78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen
What would be the consequence of removing all carbon dioxide in the earths air supply?
The earth would be cooler
What will be the consequence of removing all the O-Zone in the air supply
Ultraviolet light kill more lifeforms
What would be the counseling to reset an increase in the concentration in the earth air supply?
It would damage more lungs, and fires would start more easily
Supposed astronomers found another solar system in which there was a son just like our son. Suppose further that a planet in this new source system was just as far from it son as earth is from our son. Since the vast majority of energy that planets get come from their sons, is it reasonable to assume that the new planet would have roughly the same average temperature is the dad of the earth? Why or why not?
No, the planets temperature depends on the ratio of gases in the plant atmosphere
What makes up the majority of the air max out?
Nitrogen
