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Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as relative humidity, which is measured using a hygrometer. Rainfall occurs when water vapor condenses into droplets in clouds and falls to Earth, measured in millimeters with a rain gauge. Various forms of precipitation, such as sleet, snow, and hail, result from different atmospheric conditions, and climate is influenced by several factors.

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Humidity

Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air, expressed as relative humidity, which is measured using a hygrometer. Rainfall occurs when water vapor condenses into droplets in clouds and falls to Earth, measured in millimeters with a rain gauge. Various forms of precipitation, such as sleet, snow, and hail, result from different atmospheric conditions, and climate is influenced by several factors.

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Humidity

, Humidity i9s the amount of water vapour in the air. Air can
hold only a specific amount of water vapour at a particular
temperature. The air holding the

amount of water vapour at a particular temperature is called


saturated air. Warm air can hold more water vapour than cool
air. This is why the air is cooler and drier in winter while it is
warmer and humid in summer.

Humidity is usually expressed as relative humidity. Relative


humidity is the amount of water vapour in air when compared
to the amount present in saturated air at a particular
temperature. The instrument used to measure relative humidity is called hygrometer

Rainfall
The sun’s heat evaporates the water in waterbodies to form water vapour.
Water vapour rises into the atmosphere and cools and condenses to form
tiny water droplet in clouds. These froglets eventually fall back to the Earth
as rain. The amount of rainfall a place receives is usually expressed in
millimetres the instrument used to measure rainfall is called rain gauge

Real World Let’s Investigate

Raindrops are not tear shaped. As raindrops Extreme weather events such as blizzards,
fall from clouds, they have a round shape. dust storms, floods and droughts can cause
However, as they fall, their shape changes
a lot of destruction and loss of life. Form
due to different factors. Small raindrops
may combine to form larger drops giving it groups of four with your classmates. Let
the shape that looks like a parachute. each group make a presentation on a
specific extreme weather event, listing its
causes and effects.

Water vapour returns jot the ground in other forms as well. When rain freezes into ice as it falls, it
forms sleet. When water droplets in the clouds turn into ice crystals, they fall as snow. When the ice
crystals form in large clumps, they fall as hail stones. The different forms in which water in the
atmosphere falls back to the Earth are referred to as precipitation.

FACTORS AFFECTING THE CALMATE OF A PALACE S


Some of the factors that affect the climate of a place on the Earth are discussed below.

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