how is water added into the atmosphere? what are the chief sources of moisture in the air
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1:-The moisture in the atmosphere is derived from water bodies through evaporation and from plants through transpiration. Thus, there is a continuous exchange of water between the atmosphere, the oceans and the continents through the processes of evaporation, transpiration, condensation and precipitation.
2:-Sources of Moisture. There are many sources of moisture which can produce water vapour in a house. Among these are humidifiers, people and their activities, construction materials, basements and crawlspaces, the seasonal storage effect and rain penetration.
Water is added in the atmosphere by the following ways -
• The water bodies get evaporated due to the heat energy of the daytime's solar radiation.
This evaporated water molecules goes in upward direction and finally increases the moisture content of the atmosphere.
• The organic sources like,
- Respiration of animals.
- Evaporation of plants.
Are also smaller sources of water contents of our atmosphere.
As mentioned earlier,the water bodies on the land surface are the chief sources of moisture in the atmosphere.
(Eg. Ocean,river,lake etc)