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WEAX 201 Module 3 Study Guide Exam 2024-2025Latent heat - Answer When water changes phase it transfers _________which play an
important role in energy exchange between the ocean and atmosphere and in
convective weather development.
60% - Answer Water in gas form (water vapor) is the most abundant atmospheric
greenhouse gas and accounts for _____of the atmospheric greenhouse effect.
Evaporation - Answer Water vapor enters the atmosphere via _______ and transpiration
by plants over land.
Clouds - Answer Once in the atmosphere, water vapor can condense into liquid, or
deposit to ice, to form ________.
Precipitation - Answer Water leaves the atmosphere via ________.
Water - Answer _____exists in all three phases in the earth's atmosphere: liquid water,
ice, and water vapor.
Condensation - Answer Water molecules leave the water surface via evaporation, and
attach to the surface via ________.
Exceeds - Answer When evaporation _______condensation, the air over the water
surface is unsaturated.
Equals - Answer When evaporation _______condensation, the air over a water surface is
saturated.
, Expanding or contracting - Answer The parcel's pressure always adjusts to that of the
environment by___________.
Unsaturated - Answer Air not at its maximum capacity for water vapor is _______
atmospheric conditions allow for water molecules to remain as a vapor.
Saturated - Answer Air at its maximum capacity for water vapor is ________ atmospheric
conditions do not allow water to remain in vapor form, and water molecules start to
condense into liquid.
Temperature - Answer Air's capacity for water vapor is highly ______ dependent.
Increases- Answer As air temperature ________, water vapor molecules move faster, and
are more likely to stay in vapor form and less likely to condense to liquid.
Cooled - Answer Saturation (and thus condensation) becomes more likely as air is
_______.
Warm, cold - Answer _____ air has a greater capacity for water vapor than ______ air.
More - Answer Warm air can hold ______ water vapor molecules without becoming
saturated, relative to cold air.
Humidity - Answer A general term for some description or measurement of the amount
of water vapor in the air.
Absolute humidity - Answer Measures the density (mass/volume) of water vapor in an air
parcel.
Constant - Answer If the quantity of water vapor in a parcel does not change and there is
no volume change, the absolute humidity would remain ____.
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