Unit: Water and the Atmosphere Lesson #1: Water in the Atmosphere Essential Questions: 1.) How does water vapor move through the atmosphere? 2.) What is relative humidity and how it is measured?
How does water move through the atmosphere? The movement of water cycle water through Earth’s systems, powered by the sun’s energy
Evaporation the process by which molecules of liquid water escape into the air becoming water vapor
Condensation the process by which water vapor becomes liquid water
Precipitation rain, snow, sleet and hail that fall from the clouds
Runoff water that runs back into lakes, streams and oceans