Water in the Atmosphere

What is the process of evaporation?

• 1.The particles move so quickly and escapes into the atomsphere as water vapor
• 2.When a liquid becomes a gas through heat
• 3.The process of air cooling water
• 4.1&2

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What is Transpiration?

• 1.Process of water movement through a plant from the drying up of its aerial parts
• 2.The opening of a volcano
• 3.The lack of not using water in an effective way
• 4.None of the above

What kind of precipitation is formed when water falls from the clouds and lands on the ground as liquid water?

• Hail
• Sleet
• Rain
• Snow

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How is sleet formed?

• Snowflakes fall, go through an area of cold air and turns into sleet before hitting the ground
• Rain falls, freezes in an area of cold air above the ground to make sleet
• Snowflakes fall and are melted a bit by warm air near the ground
• Sleet is not real

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what is the most common precipitation 

• sleet 
• freezing rain
• snow 
• rain 

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Define Precipitation

• solids falling from the sky 
• precipitation 
• any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth's surface 
• liquids falling from the sky 

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The amount of water vapor in the air is known as ___.

• dew point

• humidty

• relative humidity

• rain

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Which one of the following is an accurate relative humidity reading?

• 32 degrees

• 24 mL

• 45%

• 15 NW

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When the air is full of water and has a relative humidity of 100% it is said to be ___.

• full

• humid

• saturated

• warm

The process of a water vapor reaching it dew point and turning into liquid.

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

• water vapor

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