Quiz#5- Moisture, Humidity, Stability, & Lifting

What type of heat capacity does water have?

Water has a high heat capacity.

Complete the statement: 'Air rises, __, __, forms __.'

Air rises, cools, condenses, forms clouds.

What is dew point?

The temperature at which an air mass needs to be cooled in order for saturation to be reached.

True or False: Dew point and relative humidity are the same thing.

False.

More energy is needed to maintain water in a gas state compared to a solid state. True or False?

True.

True or False: Water can be found in all three states of matter at the same time in the atmosphere.

True.

What is vapor pressure?

The part of the total atmospheric pressure due to water vapor.

True or False: Relative humidity decreases when temperature decreases.

False.

What causes adiabatic temperature changes?

Changes in pressure and/or volume.

As air rises, what happens to its temperature?

It decreases.

What condition indicates absolute instability?

When ELR > WALR & DALR.

Which of the following is a lifting mechanism? (All of these, Convergence, Orographic, Frontal Wedging, Convection)

All of these.

A rain shadow desert forms on which side of a mountain range?

Leeward side.

What is defined as mass of water (g) over mass of dry air (kg)?

Mixing ratio.

True or False: The higher the temperature, the greater the saturation vapor pressure.

True.