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Condensation is the change from water to gas which form into a liquid water (water vapor). In the atmosphere when warm air rises, cools and looses its capacity to hold water vapor that is generally when Condensation will occur. As a result excess water vapor condenses to form cloud droplets which is known as rain.
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When saturated air cool extra water changes to?
it turns into condenstaion
When saturated air cools extra water vapor changes to?
When saturated air cools, the extra water vapor changes to liquid water through a process called condensation. This forms clouds or dew, depending on the altitude and temperature where condensation occurs.
What step in the water cycle happens before precipitation?
Condensation is the step in the water cycle that happens before precipitation. During condensation, water vapor in the air cools and turns into liquid water droplets, which then gather together to form clouds.
How does the elevation effect the climate in north America?
If you were to hike from sea level to the top af a mountain, you would notice that the temperature drops steadily as you climb. As you approach the top, you might even find ice and snow all around you. You probably know that it gets colder as the elevation gets higher. But ehy does it get colder even though you are getting closer to the sun? Consider what happenes as a mass of air moves up a mountain. As the air rises, it epands because of the lower air pressure. As the air expands, it cools. When air is cooled, it eventually reaches a temperature at wich it is saturated with water vapour, that is, it is holding as much water as it possibly can at that temperature and air pressure. This is called the dewpoint. Further cooling leads to condensaiton. Condensation is the change of water vapour into liquid water. Liquid water becomes clouds and if the droplets grow larger they may becom rain, snow, or hail depending on the weather conditions. Since the process of condenstaion releases heat into the air, the air mass cools more slowly as it continues to rise.
What phase change occurs to water when it boils?
Condensation: change from a gas to a liquid -- water vapor in the air forms tiny drops of liquid water or ice (clouds). This is followed by precipitation: water that has gathered in the clouds and falls to the earth as rain, hail, sleet and snow. Some becomes ground water: water that has soaked into the earth, often between saturated soil and rock.Evaporation: change in state from a liquid to a gas (liquid water becoming water vapor) Some of the water that forms clouds, then falls to Earth, is eventually evaporated again from the land and ocean.
Which cycle consists of evaporation condensation precipitation runoff and groundwater?
The sun, which drives the water cycle, heats water in the oceans. Water evaporates as vapor into theair. Ice and snow can sublimate directly into water vapor. Evapotranspiration is water transpired from plants and evaporated from the soil. Rising air currents take the vapor up into the atmosphere where cooler temperatures cause it to condense into clouds. Air currents move clouds around the globe, cloud particles collide, grow, and fall out of the sky as precipitation. Some precipitation falls as snow and can accumulate as ice caps and glaciers, which can store frozen water for thousands of years. Snowpacks can thaw and melt, and the melted water flows over land as snowmelt. Most precipitation falls back into the oceans or onto land, where the precipitation flows over the ground as surface runoff. A portion of runoff enters rivers in valleys in the landscape, with streamflow moving water towards the oceans. Runoff and groundwater are stored as freshwater in lakes. Not all runoff flows into rivers. Much of it soaks into the ground as infiltration. Some water infiltrates deep into the ground and replenishes aquifers, which store huge amounts of freshwater for long periods of time. Some infiltration stays close to the land surface and can seep back into surface-water bodies (and the ocean) as groundwater discharge. Some groundwater finds openings in the land surface and comes out as freshwater springs. Over time, the water returns to the ocean, where our water cycle started.
