Humidity

Question 1

Humidity

Answer 1

Saturation of air with water vapor depends on temp

Question 2

Dew point

Answer 2

Temperature at which a parcel of air reaches saturation
Cooling air below its dew point temp typically generates dew, fog, or clouds when the dew point is above freezing and frost when it’s below freezing

Question 3

Adiabatic temp changes

Answer 3

Occurs without the transfer of heat or mass between a system and its environment

Question 4

Condensation level

Answer 4

Level where air parcel rises high enough that it cools to its dew point, triggering condensation

Question 5

Orographic lifting

Answer 5

As air parcels move over land they follow the terrain
Orographic lifting occur when air is forced to rise over a mountainous barrier

Question 6

Processes that lift air

Answer 6

Frontal lifting, in which warmer, less dense air is forced over cooler, denser air
Convergence, which is a pileup of horizontal airflow that results in upward movement
Localized convective lifting, which unequal surface heating causes localized pockets of air to rise

Question 7

Clouds

Answer 7

Condensation occurs only when a surface exists pon which the water vapor can condense

Question 8

Fog

Answer 8

Is defined as a cloud with its base at or very near the ground
Caused by air in contact with the ground falls below its dew point

Question 9

Precipitation

Answer 9

Water that falls towards the ground

Question 10

Wind

Answer 10

Result of horizontal differences in air pressure
Air flows from higher pressure to areas of lower pressure
Solar radiation is the ultimate energy source for most wind

Question 11

Coriolis effect

Answer 11

Because the earth rotates on its axis, circulating ai is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere