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