Relier Pairs topic 7 weather part 3 atmospheric moistureVersion en ligne match the term to the definition par Susan Brown 1 process by which plants release water vapor 2 gaseous water in the atmosphere 3 process by which liquid turns to gas 4 process by which ice changes to water vapor 5 process by which gas turns to liquid sublimation condensation evaporation water vapor transpiration 1 water vapor in the atmosphere 2 rate at which water is entering the gaseous state is equal to the rate at which water is leaving the gaseous state 3 the ratio of absolute humidity to the amount of water vapor the air can hold; how the air feels 4 amount of water vapor per unit of air 5 temperature at which the air is filled with water vapor; cold air holds less than warm air humidity dynamic equilibrium dew point absolute humidity relative humidity 1 clouds at or just above the Earth's surface 2 falling liquid or solid water from clouds toward the surface of the Earth 3 ratio of the dry bulb temperature and the wet bulb temperature 4 tool to measure relative humidity 5 fraction of the sky at a location that is covered with clouds fog relative humidity psychrometer cloud cover precipiation 1 a measure of how clear the sky is on a given night–determined by clouds, dust and haze 2 rain, drizzle, snow, freezing rain, and hail 3 a suspension of particles or droplets in the air and includes airborne dusts, mists, fumes or smoke 4 how far you can see along the Earth's surface expressed in miles 5 tool to measure the amount of precipitation 6 increase in atmospheric transparency causes 7 causes an increase in arerosols atmospheric transparency increase in insolation reaching the earth air pollutants visibility rain guage precipitation arerosols