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What happens to the presence of water vapor as one increase in altitude and why is this?
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∙ 13y ago
The higher you go, the colder it gets. The colder it gets, the less water vapor can remain in the air. That's the reason it rains on the windward side of mountain ranges. Warm, moist air gets pushed up and the rain condenses.
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What are the factors affect air pressure?
Three factors that affect air pressure are temperature, altitude, and water vapor.
Does vapor pressure of a substance increase with increased temperature?
Yes
What best explains what happens when liquid water evaporates to form water vapor?
When water molecules at the surface gain sufficient energy they can escape in the atmosphere.The energy of water molecules increase by a temperature increase and some molecules at the surface can escape in the atmosphere.
How does melting point change as the water content of rocks increases?
The presence of the water in its vapor phase causes the melting point to decrease and the rock to melt and absorb the vapor.
What happens if you rapidly compress a gas or vapor?
It heats up.
When does the energy of water increase?
The energy of water can increase if it is heated up, if it is placed under more pressure, if it changes phase, or if it flows faster. In phase change, increase of water's energy happens from: solid phase to liquid phase (melting), from solid phase to vapor phase (sublimation), and from liquid phase to vapor phase (evaporation). Increase in altitude also increases its potential energy.
What is the relationship between water vapor and altitude?
as altitude inscreases, water vapor level decreases
What are the factors thet affect pressure?
Factors that affect pressure include the volume of a container (increased volume leads to decreased pressure), the temperature of a gas (increased temperature leads to increased pressure), the number of gas molecules present (more molecules lead to increased pressure), and the force applied to an area.
The presence of water vapor in pure air?
Increases Density
Is increase of vapor pressure a colligative property?
The lowering of the vapor pressure is a colligative property.
What happens to water vapor when it is cooled?
The water vapor turns into liquid water.
Clouds begin to form when water vapor in the air reaches the correct?
Clouds begin to form when water vapor reaches the correct: altitude, dew point, and temperature.
What happens to a refrigerant when it is above the saturation temperature?
it remains in a vapor state
Name three things that effect air pressure?
temperature, water vapor, and elevation.
What happens to the temperature vapor as it condenses?
decreases
What do you think happens when earths atmosphere becomes saturated with water vapor?
The water vapor condenses.
What happens to vapor pressure as more solute such as sugar is added to a solution?
The vapor pressure decreases
