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the moisture content of air
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humidity
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when your sweat evaporates, it takes
_________ (in the form of heat) away from your skin. This causes your skin to cool down. |
energy
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in a weather report the combination of temperature and humidity is called the
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Heat index
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the two ways of measuring humidity
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absolute humidity
relative humidity |
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the mass of water vapor contained in a certain volume of air or the measure of the concentration of water vapor in the air.
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absolute humidity
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when air has the maximum absolute humidity that it can hold it is said to be ____________ with moisture.
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saturated
The maximum absolute humidity changes depending on the temperature of the air. hold more when the air is warm. |
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the ratio of the mass of water vapor in the air at a given temperature to the maximum mass of water vapor the air could hold at that temperature, expressed as a percentage.
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Relative humidity
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Relative humidity explained
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On a given day, the air holds half as much moisture as it possibly could for that particular temp. In that case, the rel. humidity would be 50%.
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Air is a mixture of what gases
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Nitrogen, ocygen, argon and carbon dioxide, plus hundreds of others the make up the remaining .07%.
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Where does the carbon dioxide come from?
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most living creatures release it.
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