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