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Most solar energy (sunlight) passes right through the air, although some gases will absorb infrared heat that is re-radiated from the surface. So most of the heating takes place at the surface. Even with its moisture content, the less dense warm air rises because it is displaced by cooler, heavier air from above. The drop in temperature within the troposphere is called the adiabatic lapse rate, and is between 5.5°C and 6.4°C for each 1000 meters of altitude.

As the air rises, it loses heat to the air around it, and cooler air can hold less water vapor. The vapor condenses as tiny droplets to form visible clouds.

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What is condense water vapor?

Condensed water vapor refers to water vapor that has cooled and changed back into liquid form. This process is known as condensation and often occurs when warm air cools down, causing the water vapor it contains to condense into droplets or form clouds.


What causes water vapor to condense to form clouds?

Water vapor condenses to form clouds when the air is saturated with water vapor, typically due to cooling of the air. As the air cools, the water vapor molecules slow down and come closer to each other, eventually reaching a point where they cluster together to form tiny water droplets or ice crystals. These tiny droplets or crystals then join together to form clouds.


What is the large masses of water vapor called?

Large masses of water vapor are called clouds. Clouds are formed when warm air rises and cools, causing the water vapor to condense into tiny water droplets or ice crystals.


What must be available for water vapor to condense and form clouds?

Water vapor must be present in the air, along with cooling temperatures or rising air currents, for the vapor to condense and form clouds. Condensation nuclei, such as dust or pollutants, also aid in cloud formation by providing surfaces for water vapor to gather and form droplets.


What forms in the sky when water vapour condense into water droplets?

Clouds form in the sky when water vapor condenses into water droplets. This process occurs when warm, moist air rises, cools, and reaches its dew point, causing the water vapor to condense and form visible clouds.

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What can water vapor condense into?

WaterWaterand More Water


At what temperature does water vapor condense?

Water vapor condenses into liquid water at its dew point temperature.


How can water vapor turn into gas?

Water vapor is already a gas since it is the gaseous form of water. If you are referring to how water vapor turns into liquid water, it does so through condensation when the temperature decreases enough for the vapor to condense back into liquid form.


In order for clouds to form what must be present in the atmosphere for water vapor to condense on?

In order for clouds to form, water vapor needs a surface to condense upon. This can be provided by tiny dust particles, salt particles, or other aerosols present in the atmosphere. These particles serve as nuclei around which water vapor can condense to form cloud droplets.


What is condense water vapor?

Condensed water vapor refers to water vapor that has cooled and changed back into liquid form. This process is known as condensation and often occurs when warm air cools down, causing the water vapor it contains to condense into droplets or form clouds.


At what temperature does water vapor in air condense?

Water vapor in air condenses into liquid water at the dew point temperature.


When water vapor loses energy. it may into liquid?

Condense


When water vapor loses energy may into a liquid?

Condense


Does water vapor condense into clouds?

Yes that's correct


What gasses condense?

Gases with low boiling points, such as water vapor, can condense into liquid form when cooled. Additionally, gases with high vapor pressure can also condense under the right conditions.


When does water form clouds?

When the air cools, its molecules come closer together. Thus, molecules of water vapor in the air come closer together, too. Then, the molecules of water vapor condense (or turn from gas to liquid state) on tiny solid particles in the atmosphere. The tiny droplets of water result from condensation form the clouds that we see in the sky.


Why does water vapor condense at higher elevations?

Water vapor condenses at higher elevations because the air pressure decreases as altitude increases. This lower air pressure causes the water vapor to cool and condense into liquid water droplets, forming clouds or precipitation.