Chad Currie

Geography

Grade: 9 Macdonald

Topic: Weather and Climate

Sub-topic: Humidity Review

Instruction: Answer all the questions in each section.

The answers will be HighLighted

Section

What is humidity? a. is the amount of water vapour present in the air.

1. When the air temperature increases saturation vapor pressure

a. increase

2. When the dew point temperature increases vapor pressure (actual vapor pressure)
b. decreases

3. When the air temperature increases vapor pressure (actual vapor pressure)

a. increases

4. When the dew point temperature increases while the air temperature stays the same
the relative humidity
a. decreases
 5. When the air temperature increases while the dew point temperature stays the same
the relative humidity

a. increases
6.    
a. increase air temperature Which can increase the relative humidity?

7. ?If the wet bulb and dry bulb in the same room have nearly the same temperature,
what does this tell you about the air

a. The air is really dry and the evaporation is high

Question 9 refers to the diagram below

8. Which of the following states is most likely experiencing precipitation right now
according to this map showing the relative humidities of the states?

a. Iowa

9. If the dry bulb read 20 degrees C and the wet bulb read 16 degrees C, what would the
relative humidity be according to the following chart?

a. 41%
a.       Which city has the largest relative humidity? City A

b.      Which City has the lowest relative humidity? City B

c.       Which city has the greatest amount of water vapor in the air? City A

d.      Which city has the least amount of water vapor in the air? City B