E. Give short answers for the following questions.
1. What are the main elements of weather and climate?
2. How is the atmosphere heated?
3. What do you mean by humidity in the atmosphere? How do we express it?
4. Name the different forms of condensation and precipitation.
Answers
1) There are six main components, or parts, of weather. They are temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, precipitation, and cloudiness. Together, these components describe the weather at any given time.
2) Conduction in the Atmosphere
Conduction, radiation and convection all play a role in moving heat between Earth's surface and the atmosphere. Since air is a poor conductor, most energy transfer by conduction occurs right near Earth's surface.
3) Humidity in the atmosphere: ... Relative humidity is defined as the ratio between the actual amount of water vapor present in the air at a given temperature and the maximum capacity of air to hold moisture at that temperature. Relative humidity is always expressed in while absolute humidity determines the amount.
4) After condensation the water vapour or the moisture in the atmosphere takes one of the following forms — dew, frost, fog and clouds. Condensation takes place when the dew point is lower than the freezing point as well as higher than the freezing point.