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Relative Humidity and Dew Point

Name: ________________________________________ Period: _____ Date: __________ Group: ________

Essential Questions:

How do I explain the importance of water vapor and its influence on weather (clouds, relative humidity, dew point,

precipitation)?

1. How is temperature measured? Think!

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2. Why do you think the Kelvin unit is used in scientific computations? ( p.278)

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3. What does it mean by dew point? ( p. 279)

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4. Define saturation. ( p. 279)

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5. What is condensation? ( p. 279)

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6. Why is the temperature on a mountaintop cooler than at lower elevations? ( p. 279)

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7. The atmosphere exerts a density of 1.23 g/L on us but we do not notice this. Why? ( p. 280)

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8. How does temperature inversion worsen air pollution? ( p. 281)

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9. Draw and label the parts of a sling psychrometer. ( displayed lab apparatus or find it in the internet)

Parts of a sling psychrometer

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Handle

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Pivot-rotating or swinging part

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wet bulb thermometer

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dry bulb thermometer

10. Describe the function of a sling psychrometer. Think!

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11. What is relative humidity? ( p. 283)

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12. How do you compute for the relative humidity using a sling psychrometer? ( notebook, p. 916)

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13. How does relative humidity vary with temperature? ( p. 283)

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Relative Humidity And Dew Point