Distinguish between humidity and relative humidity?

Q: According to the principle of_______________________, if the Arctic were covered with soot instead…

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Q: Why does snow often remain even when daytime temperatures are higherthan the freezing temperature?

A: For any substance to melt, it requires an enormous amount of energy. Snow forms by the fusion of…

Q: If the composition of the upper atmosphere were changed so that it permitted a greater amount of…

A: The earth’s atmosphere is very important to maintain the temperature of earth. It also protects us…

Q: You can make rain in your kitchen. Put a cup of water in a Pyrex saucepan or a glass coffeemaker and…

A: In our experiment, the warm vapor is cooled with the help of ice. And then steam is again converted…

Q: On the basis of kinetic theory, explain why evaporation causes cooling?

A: During evaporation, a liquid turns into a gas by absorbing heat from the surroundings. The molecules…

Q: What is the basic difference between a cloud and fog?

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Q: What exactly is thermal pollution?

A: When the quality of the water is degraded through any process which leads to the change in the…

Q: 1.3 kg of air contains 3.9 g of water vapor in it. What is the absolute humidity of the air in the…

A: The given data are: ma=1.3 kgmv=3.9 g Here, ma, and mv represent the mass of air and the mass of…

Q: States that as air velocity increases, the pressure decreases

A: Value of lapse rate is 0.00651 k/ m It is the  rate of this temperature change with altitude, the…

Q: what is the meaning of the expression"it's not heat, it's the humidity?

A: The expression “it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity”, is used every summer.The heat index, which…

Q: How thermohaline circulation develop? Explain.

A: The word 'Thermohaline' derives from thermo referring to temperature and haline referring to salt…

Q: Distinguish between condensation and evaporation?

A: Evaporation is the process of a substances in the liquid state changing to a gaseous sate due to…

Q: What is thermal stress? Give some examples?

A: Thermal stress is the stress created by a change in temperature of a material. They can lead to…

Q: Discuss how high specific heat capacity of water helps in formation of land and sea breeze.

A: Specific heat capacity of land is 5 times less as compared to water. Thus, air above land becomes…

Q: Discuss the role of high specific heat capacity of water with reference to climate in coastal areas.

A: Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat energy takes to raise or lower the temperature of one…

Q: What happens to the volume of air as it rises? What happens to its temperature?

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Q: explain why convection and conduction occur in making squash soup?

A: explain why convection and conduction occur in making squash soup?

Q: Why do climates near the coasts tend to be more moderate than in the middle of continent?

A: Coastal areas will have moderate temperature than an inland area because of the heat capacity of the…

Q: What type of heat transfer helps the balloon rise?

A: To determine the mode of heat transfer that helps the balloon to rise.

Q: Why do clouds often form above mountain peaks? (Hint: Consider the updrafts.)

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Q: How does adiabatic temperature change lead to a change in relative humidity?

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Q: The earth without its atmosphere would be inhospitably cold , Why?

A: The sun rays contain infrared radiations.When these rays reach earth’s surface, these are reflected…

Q: What is meant by Sea breeze and land breeze

A: introduction: land Breeze and sea Breeze called diurnal wind movements, takes place at local level.…

Q: 10 kg of food has a moisture content of 300% (dry basis), is dried to a moisture content of 20% wet…

A: The percentage of the moisture content for wet basis is, MCwb=MCdb1+MCdb=3.01+3.0=0.75=75% wb

Q: is humidity same as dew point?

A: Humidity is concentration of water vapour in air at a given temperature . It depends on both…

Q: Would you expect the temperature of air to drop as it undergoes a steady-flow throttling process?…

A: In throttling process enthalpy of the working fluid remains constant . h1 =h2 for ideal gas enthalpy…

Q: Why will clouds tend to form above either a flat or a mountainous island in the middle of the ocean?…

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Q: Distinguish between weather and climate?

A: Climate is the average weather conditions over a long period of time. It can be generalized, since…

Q: Everybody knows that warm air rises. So, it might seem that the air temperature should be higher at…

A: The temperature decreases with altitude. Let us assume the following situation where the balloon is…

Q: Relationship between temperature scales?

A: Relationship between temperature scale. As the temperature is measured in difference in scales, such…

Q: Provide a single illustration of conduction, convection, and radiation. Be as specific as possible.

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Q: using stefan law calculate the rate at which the earth is losing energy as radiant flux density

A: Stefan Boltzmann law states that the energy flux emitted by a blackbody is proportional to the…

Q: What was the rise in temperature during these two days?

A: Given; Body temperature of a patient on monday is;    T=1020F On tuesday it was 1040FWhat was the…

Q: In the winter, cold air is brought into homes and is heated. How does the relative humidity of that…

A: Relative humidity is the measure of amount of water vapor present in the air ( in percentage).  It…

Ideal Gas Law

Ideal gas law states that the product of pressure and volume of a gas directly varies with the product of the number of moles, the universal gas constant, and the temperature of the gas.