Humidity Make-up Assignment
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Define the following terms
1. Specific Humidity- _________________________________________________________________
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2. Relative Humidity-_________________________________________________________________
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3. Evaporation-_________________________________________________________________
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4. Condensation-_________________________________________________________________
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5. Dew Point-_________________________________________________________________
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6. What is the equation for relative humidity?
7. Solve the question below using the above equation.
a. What is the relative humidity if the specific humidity is 17 g/kg and the capacity of air at that
temperature is 34 g/kg.
Use complete sentences to answer the questions below.
8. What do you know about the relative humidity of the air just below a newly formed cloud?
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9. Imagine early one cool summer morning you use this method to calculate the relative humidity and
discover that the condensation forms on the can almost immediately.
a. What conclusion can you draw about evaporation in this case?
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b. What conclusions can you draw about the relative humidity in this case?
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c. From your knowledge of relative humidity, would this be a good or bad day for hanging laundry
outdoors to dry? Explain your answer.
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