Exam 2 Chapter 6

Question 0

The maximum pressure that water vapor molecules could exert if the air were saturated is called the…?

Answer 0

Saturation Vapor Pressure

Question 1

What are the basic Phase Changes and how the relate to each other?

Answer 1

1) Evaporation - if more water me used enter the atmosphere as vapor than as liquid, a net loss occurs in liquid water mass
2) Condensation -If more water molecules return to the water surface as liquid than enter the atmosphere as vapor a new gain of liquid water mass results.
3) Transportation - water that is taken up from the soil by plant roots eventually escapes as vapor through tiny pores in the underside of leaves.
4) Sublimation - ice or snow becomes vapor without first becoming a liquid.
5) Deposition - water vapor becomes ice without first becoming a liquid. (Frost in automobile windows)

Question 2

Temperature Inversion

Answer 2

A think layer of the atmosphere where the normal decrease in temperature with height switches to the temperature increasing with height.

Question 3

Stable air means…?

Answer 3

Nice and usually clear weather

Suppressed cloud development

Question 4

Unstable air enhances…?

Answer 4

Cloud development and vertical lift

Question 5

Instability can be caused by…?

Answer 5

Heat!!

Cold temperatures promote stability.

Question 6

Leeward side of a. Punta in is the dry or wet side ?

Answer 6

DRY SIDE

Question 7

Windward side of a mountain is the dry or wet side ?

Answer 7

WET SIDE