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Questions for HUMIDITY 1

Answer the following questions

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