QUESTIONS ON HUMIDITY AND PRESSURE

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

• relative humidity

• humidty

• rain

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

• 32 degrees

• 24 mL

• 45%

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

• full

• humid

• saturated

Which will hold more water, warm air or cold air?

• Warm Air

• Cold AIr

Which weather instrument is useful in measuring humidity?

• barometer

• hygrometer

• wet bulb thermometer

The amount of water vapor in the atmosphere compared to how much it could hold is called

• humidity

• moisture

• relative humidity

What does high humidity mean?

• It is cold.

• There is a little evaporated water in the air.

• There is a lot of evaporated water in the air.

1. ________is the instrument used to measure air pressure.

• barometer

• thermometer

• hygrometer

Pressure is the effect of

• the weight of all the air above pressing down

• water vapor in the atmosphere

• greenhouse gases

If a barometer is showing that air pressure is dropping, what type of weather would we see?

• cloudy, stormy weather

• sunny, clear weather