Weather and Atmospheric Water - Page 4
Questions
- What must be present in order for clouds to form?
- What type of scientist studies weather?
- What factors can increase the rate at which water evaporates?
- How dense is snow when it is falling?
- On a summer day it is cloudy over New York City. A town with similar weather conditions 30 miles away is clear. What about cloud formation might explain the difference?
- How are dew point and saturated air relate?
- How come in cold weather the relative humidity in heated buildings (without humidifiers) is quite low?
- What is the relationship between temperature and altitude in a temperature inversion?
- What can form if rain falls through a layer of freezing air near the ground?
- What causes the shape of a cloud?
- Is it true that wind vane is used to measure wind speed?
- What is the relative humidity for a sample of air that can hold 25 grams of water vapor but has 15 grams of water vapor?
- What are the similarities and differences between humidity and relative humidity?
- What are silver iodide crystals used for in cloud seeding?
- What do the prefix nimbo- and the suffix -nimbus mean?
- What is the work of oceanographers and meteorologists?
- What is the path that one rain drop would take through the water cycle?
- Where in the water cycle does water condense?
- Why do the cloud droplets not fall to the earth as soon as they are formed?
- Why do you think meteorologists use these symbols rather than writing out weather information?