Prepared by: Ms Reshma Mhaskar Pawar Public School Kandivali
What is moisture ? Name the forms in which it is found? MOISTURE IN THE ATMOSPHERE
EQUATORIAL REGION
POLAR REGIONS
HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL
What is evaporation? SUBLIMATION: ICE WATER VAPOUR TRANSPIRATION : PLANTS EVAPORATION
WATER VAPOUR WATER Occurs in two situation Air becomes saturated Condensation nuclei CONDENSATION
DEW
FROST
FOG
MIST
Forms RAIN DRIZZLE SNOW SLEET HAIL PRECIPITATION
RAIN
DRIZZLE
SNOW
Sleet forms when rain passes through a cold layer of air and freezes into ice pellets. This occurs most often in the winter when warm air is forced over a layer of cold. SLEET
HAIL
TYPES OF RAINFALL CONVECTIONAL CYCLONIC RELIF OROGRAPHIC
RELIEF
CONVECTIONAL
CYCLONIC RAINFALL
The amount of water vapour in air. Closely related to temperature. When air has maximum amount of Water vapour air is said to be SATURATED HUMIDITY
CONDENSATION EVAPORATION MELTING FREEZING During each change heat is either absorbed or released HEAT ENERGY ABSORBED AND RELEASED DURING CHANGES IN STATE