Tag: weather, climate and adaptation of animals to different climates

Questions Related to weather, climate and adaptation of animals to different climates

As the air temperature increases, with no addition of water vapor to the air, the relative humidity will:

  1. Remain the same

  2. Increase

  3. Decrease

  4. Increase until it becomes equal to the dew point temperature


Correct Option: C

Which of the following will increase in a rising parcel of air?

  1. Saturation vapor pressure

  2. Relative humidity

  3. Mixing ratio

  4. Air temperature


Correct Option: B

The density of water vapor in a given parcel of air is expressed by the:

  1. Absolute humidity

  2. Relative humidity

  3. Mixing ratio

  4. Specific humidity


Correct Option: A

If the air temperature remains constant, evaporating water into the air will _____________ the dew point and ___________ the relative humidity.

  1. Increase, increase

  2. Increase, decrease

  3. Decrease, increase

  4. Decrease, decrease


Correct Option: A

Which of the following weather elements always decreases as we climb upward in the atmosphere?

  1. Wind

  2. Temperature

  3. Pressure

  4. Moisture


Correct Option: C

Humidity influences corrosive action of

  1. Air pollutants

  2. Water Pollutants

  3. Solid material

  4. All of above


Correct Option: A

The time of day when the relative humidity reaches a maximum value is usually:

  1. At the time when the air temperature is highest

  2. In the middle of the afternoon

  3. At the time when the air temperature is lowest

  4. Just before sunrise


Correct Option: C

Suppose saturated polar air has an air temperature and dew point of $-10^{o}C$, and unsaturated desert air has an air temperature of $35^{o}C$ and a dew point of $10^{o}C$. The desert air contains ____________ water vapor and has a ____________ relative humidity than the polar air.

  1. More, lower

  2. More, higher

  3. Less, lower

  4. Less, higher


Correct Option: A

The temperature scale where 0o represents freezing and $100^{o}$ boiling :

  1. Fahrenheit

  2. Celsius

  3. Kelvin

  4. Absolute


Correct Option: B