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What happens when water vapor is lighter than nitrogen or oxygen?
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∙ 12y ago
Water vapor is a gas so it is in the air. Nitrogen and nitrogen are in the air too, but there is more nitrogen than anything in the air. I believe it rises because it is lighter, like a balloon filled with helium.
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Does humidity increase atmospheric pressure?
No, the more water vapor the air contains, the lighter it is. When water vapor enters the atmosphere, it pushes out an equal volume of dry air. A cubic meter of dry air is 99 percent nitrogen and oxygen. A cubic meter of humid air with 2 percent water vapor is only 97 percent nitrogen and oxygen. Water vapor is lighter than the nitrogen and oxygen it pushed out. Therefore, humid air weighs less than dry air and exerts less pressure.
What does nitrogen water vapor carbon dioxide and oxygen make up?
i think it is petroleum
What are the 4 major components of the earths atmosphere?
Nitrogen, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and Water Vapor
What are the troposphere gases from most abundant to least abundant?
The main atmospheric gases in the troposphere are: nitrogen(76-79%), oxygen (24-21%), and carbon dioxide (0.03%).
What are The three most common gases in the dry atmosphere excluding water vapor?
Nitrogen, Oxygen, and Argon.
What happens because water vapor molecules are lighter than nitrogen or oxygen molecules?
humid air is lighter that an equal volume of dry air at the same temperature.
How does air pressure change as water vapor pressure increases?
As water vapor increases, pressure decreases due to the fact that water is made up of hydrogen and oxygen, which is lighter than what most of the air is made out of, oxygen and nitrogen.
Because water vapor is lighter than nitrogen or oxygen hot air rises?
a falling barometric reading often means rainy weather
Does humidity increase atmospheric pressure?
No, the more water vapor the air contains, the lighter it is. When water vapor enters the atmosphere, it pushes out an equal volume of dry air. A cubic meter of dry air is 99 percent nitrogen and oxygen. A cubic meter of humid air with 2 percent water vapor is only 97 percent nitrogen and oxygen. Water vapor is lighter than the nitrogen and oxygen it pushed out. Therefore, humid air weighs less than dry air and exerts less pressure.
Is oxygen heavier than air or lighter?
Oxygen o2 only is slighty heavyer than air. o3(ozone) is around the same weight as o2 ,but the ozone layer is at a hiegher altitude because it is created when o2 come in contact with high amounts of UV rays.
Can liquid nitrogen freeze the wind?
No. The wind is composed of a small amount of water vapor and about 20% oxygen and about 80% nitrogen. The water vapor may freeze but the oxygen and the nitrogen cannot freeze at the temperature of liquid nitrogen. Oxygen has a much lower freezing point than liquid nitrogen and if the nitrogen were to be frozen, liquid nitrogen is not cold enough to freeze it...sort of like trying to make ice using cold water.
Air not the same as oxygen?
Yes, Air is a mixture of oxygen, nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water vapor, and pollutants.
What does nitrogen water vapor carbon dioxide and oxygen make up?
i think it is petroleum
What are the gases in Earth's atmosphere?
nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapor, carbon dioxide.
What is today's atmosphere made up of?
Nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapor, CO2.
What gases are in the atmosphere Earth?
nitrogen, oxygen, argon, water vapor, carbon dioxide.
What are four gases in atmosphere?
Nitrogen Oxygen Carbon dioxide Water vapor Argon
