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PhysScienceMod2
Mod 2 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Humidity | The moisture content of air |
| Absolute humidity | The mass of water vapor contained in a certain volume of air. |
| Relative Humidity | 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. |
| Greenhouse effect | The process by which certain gases (principally water vapor, carbon dioxide, and methane) trap heat that radiates from earth. |
| Parts per million | The number of molecules (or atoms) of a substance in a mixture for every 1 million molecules (or atoms) in that mixture. |