the higher the altitude the cooler the air becomes in general. The air cools, condenses and turns to minute water droplets at these higher altitudes to produce more moisture in the air which in turn leads to greater amounts of rainfall. The lower altitudes with the warmer air can hold more water vapour and less therefore condenses to form rainfall. The hypothesis is based solely on the basis that air becomes cooler with increasing altitude. HYPOTHESIS Aberporth weather
Water also controls our climate weathers. Warm body of water is evaporated, causing high level of wind intensity. For example, the southeastern coast of the US is annually pummeled by hurricanes and tropic storms. Although we would rather live without them, it is a way of balancing the atmosphere. Water is used in photosynthesis by plants, which produce oxygen - this reaction is vital for the earth as the oxygen produced is used by humans to breath Water is used in coal powered electricity stations.
| |hot water plus match |Air inside bottle was very foggy with the presence of smoke. | (4 points) 1. Cloud formation is really just the process of water vapor turning to liquid in the air. Name that water cycle process and explain why it occurs in the air? Hydrologic Cycle The elements that combine to make water Hydrogen and oxygen are found in dust, grasses, and other stuff that formed Earth.
7. A heat transfer process in the atmosphere that depends upon the movement of air is a. conduction. b. reflection. c. convection. d. radiation.
They changed because the molecules of hydrogen and helium were moving so fast that they eventually escaped the Earth. 14. Explain how the greenhouse effect works and how it relates to global warming. The greenhouse effect is when radiation at visible wavelengths passes freely through the atmosphere and is absorbed at the ground. The ground heats up and emits infrared radiation.
The water cycle also known as the hydrological cycle the continuous movement of water above and below the surface of the Earth and has neither a proper beginning nor end and is a constant and balanced occurrence, hence cycle. The cycle consists of many different processes however there are four key and essential processes that must occur for the cycle to take place. Four Steps in The Water Cycle * Evaporation occurs when water transforms from liquid to gas, typically when the sun's warming rays radiate out heat energy to the water surface particles then the more “energetic particles" may have sufficient energy to escape (change state) from the surface of the liquid as gas/vapour. And also transpiration from plants called evapo-transpiration adds to this. * Condensation occurs as the water vapour rises into the atmosphere, creating clouds etc.
Hurricanes need the ocean’s water temperature to be about 80 degrees to a depth of about 150 feet. Another factor of the forming of hurricanes is the rapid cooling of the warm water vapors that were evaporated, which causes condensation (the second step of the water cycle). The third step of the water cycle is precipitation and that happens when too many water vapors are condensed and rain starts to fall. Humidity is also needed in the
What about at an increased temperature? Answer = The weather may be calm with decreased temperatures verses a warmer temperature. The sun heats the water to evaporate and to produce water vapors that transform into clouds. According to our lab manual, clouds form at many different altitudes in the troposphere when water vapor in warm air rises and cools. Experiment 1: Water Movement POST LAB QUESTIONS 1.
This heat energy was absorbed by the water vapor when it was evaporated from the warm ocean surface, cooling the ocean in the process” (Par. 2). How much power could water vapor release? It will be solved by two basic heat equations: Q=mcΔT and Q=mL (where Q is the energy water vapor released, m is the mass of water vapor, c is the specific heat of water vapor, ΔT is the temperature change of water vapor, and L is the latent heat of transformation), which means one kilogram water vapor can release almost 2300 kilo Joules energy when it is liquefying and will release 4.2 kilo Joules energy when its temperature reduces one degree. Therefore, the warm area in
Transpiration removes water from plants and soil. Air currents take water vapour into the atmosphere where cooler temperature causes it to condense into clouds. Air currents move water around the globe; cloud particles collide and fall out of the sky as snow, hail or sleet. Most water falls back into ocean or on land as rain where the water flows over ground as runoff. Some of runoff enters rivers flowing water towards ocean where water cycle had started.