The Atmosphere - Chapter 2: Condensation Aloft

Question 1

The result of condensation may be the formation of….

Answer 1

dew, fog, clouds

Question 2

Saturation occurs either when _______ or when _____

Answer 2

water vapor added to the air

air cooled to dew point

Question 3

True or false: heat near the earth’s surface is readily exchanged between the ground and the air above

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What accounts for the formation of dew and some types of fogs during the evening hours?

Answer 4

Radiation cooling of the earth’s surface

Question 5

When energy is used to compress air, an equivalent amount of energy is released as ___ (think bike pump)

Answer 5

heat

Question 6

As a gas escapes or releases, it ____

Answer 6

cools

Question 7

The phenomenon that means that the release of gas will expand and cool without the addition of subtraction of heat is ______

Answer 7

adiabatic temperature changes

Question 8

Any time air moves upward it passes through regions of successively ___ pressure

Answer 8

lower

Question 9

Descending air that comes under increasingly higher pressures compresses and is heated. This applies only to unsaturated air and is known as the

Answer 9

dry adiabatic rate

Question 10

If air rises high enough, it will cool sufficiently to cause ____

Answer 10

condensation

Question 11

When air rises high enough to cool and cause condensation, the latent heat stored in the water vapor will _____

Answer 11

be liberated

Question 12

The slower rate of cooling caused by the addition of latent heat

Answer 12

wet adiabatic rate of cooling