Humidity and Cloud Quiz(practice)
Matching:
_____ 1. water vapor
a) filled to its capacity
_____ 2. cumulus
b) water in the gaseous form
_____ 3. dew point
c) uses the fact the air changes with humidity
_____ 4. stratus
d) main instrument to measure relative humidity
_____ 5. saturated
e) highest clouds in the sky
_____ 6. absolute humidity
f) % of water vapor in the air for a certain
temperature
_____ 7. hygrometer
g) amount of water vapor present for a volume of air
_____ 8. psychrometer
h) thunderstorm cloud
_____ 9. cirrus
i) fair weather clouds
_____ 10. relative humidity
j) layered, flat clouds
_____ 11. cumulonimbus
k) temperature at which water vapor condenses
_____ 12. nimbo-
l) means rain
1. Write the complete formula for finding relative humidity.
2. As temperature gets warmer, relative humidity will _____________________.
3. How are clouds classified?
4. What time of day is relative humidity the highest? ____________
Explain why?
5. What is the relative humidity if water vapor present is 5.4 g and the amount it can
hold is 10g?
6. What time of day is the relative humidity the lowest? ___________
Explain why?
7.
Explain the difference between an altostratus cloud and a nimbostratus.
True or False.
_____ 8. The evaporation rate depends on the air temperature.
_____ 9. Cold air holds more water vapor than warm air.
______10. The most common type of cloud in Michigan is stratus.
______11. Stratocumulus clouds are layered and puffy.
______12. Stratus clouds may contain ice crystals.
USING THE CHART, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.
1. Find the relative humidity if the dry bulb reading is 24º C and the wet bulb is 17º C .
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2. Find the relative humidity if the dry bulb reading is 18 ºC and the wet bulb is 16° C.
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