GEOG 2050 Chapter : Unit 11
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Geography 2050 unit 11: atmospheric moisture & the water. Unique properties of water: hydrogen bonding different opposing polarity, water sticks to itself, creates surface tension idea that if you dump water on the ground, it"s all together, not individual particles. *meniscus: causes capillarity water"s desire to stick to other stuff. *water being thrown on the table and you throw paper towels on it and it is absorbed in the paper towel. Phase changes of water (it"s all latent heat: heat is consumed in evaporation, melting, heat is released in condensation, freezing(sublimation) The share of air pressure that is made up of water vapor molecules. (the pressure is greater over water than ice) Instruments hygrometer & slingpsychrometer (2 thermometers next to one another. one is called the dry bulb and the other is the wet bulb. ) if you"re at complete saturation the wet and dry bulb will be wet.
