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The amount of water vapor in the air varies considerably depending on climate and weather. In a desert water vapor may account for a tiny fraction of a percent of the air. In a tropical rainforest during a storm water vapor may account for as much as 4% of the air.

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Water vapor is a gas made of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. The surrounding air is a gas mixture consisting mostly of nitrogen (two nitrogen atoms). Water vapor is lighter than air and therefore will rise until it has time to mix with the surrounding air. The resulting moist air is lighter than any nearby dryer air at the same temperature, and so will also rise.

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The cool atmosphere condenses the rising water vapor

and causes it to fall back to Earth

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Because it varies so much. How much there is depends on the weather and climate. In deserts there is very very little while in jungles there can be loads.

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Water vapour is heavy. Lightest gases always rise to the top.

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because it wants to!!

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