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Questions for HUMIDITY 1

Answer the following questions

1. When a given mass of air descends, what effect will it have on relative humidity?
2. The process by which water vapour is transformed directly into ice is known as
3. The dewpoint temperature
4. The difference between temperature and dewpoint is greater in
5. In which layer is most of the atmospheric humidity concentrated?
6. A parcel of moist but not saturated air rises due to adiabatic effects. Which of the following changes?
7. The maximum amount of water vapour that the air can contain depends on the
8. Which of the following is the definition of relative humidity?
9. Which of the following statements is true of the dew point of an air mass?
10. The dewpoint temperature
11. Relative humidity
12. Which of the following changes of state is known as sublimation?
13. Dew point is defined as
14. What does dewpoint mean?
15. Relative humidity
16. When water evaporates into unsaturated air
17. Relative humidity depends on
18. Relative humidity at a given temperature is the relation between
19. How does relative humidity and the dewpoint in an unsaturated air mass change with varying temperature?
20. In which of the following changes of state is latent heat released?
21. The relative humidity of a sample air mass is 50%. How is the relative humidity of this air mass influenced by changes of the amount of water vapour in it?
22. During the late afternoon an air temperature of +12°C and a dew point of +5°C were measured. What temperature change must occur during the night in order to induce saturation?
23. How, if at all, is the relative humidity of an unsaturated air mass influenced by temperature changes?