The temperature at which the air is saturated is known as

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• Which of the following are true with regard to temperature control of the atmosphere of a given place? 1. The major temperature contrasts on earth's surface are between land masses and oceans 2. During night, the water surface cools more rapidly than the land surface 3. Temperature generally decreases with latitude on either side of the equator 4. Temperature rises to a maximum during summer and falls to a minimum during winter
• Which of the following are the ideal conditions for the phenomenon of temperature inversion to occur? [IAS 2001] 1. Long nights 2. Cloudy sky 3. Calm and stable air 4. Dry air
• When the relative humidity is 50 percent and air temperature is 30°C, a cooling of air mass: [NDA 1990]
• Which of the following is/are characteristic of a depression in the southern hemisphere? 1. It is a mass of air whose isobars form an oval or circular shape 2. Pressure is high in the centre and decreases towards the outside 3. Air moves anti-clockwise
• The absence of which among the following causes the temperature of the atmosphere to decrease with ascent along with decreasing density of air? 1. Vegetation 2. Water 3. Carbon dioxide 4. Oxygen 5. Nitrogen
• Consider the following statements: 1. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Pacific Ocean than that in the Atlantic Ocean. 2. The annual range of temperature is greater in the Northern Hemisphere than that in the Southern Hemisphere. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2007]
• Consider the following statements: 1. In the tropical rainforest of Brazil, the average diurnal range of temperature is much greater than the average annual range of temperature. 2. In the humid subtropical climate of Kyushu island of Japan, the rainfall for the year almost totals that of the rainfall in tropical rainforest. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2007]
• La Nina is suspected to have caused recent floods in Australia. How is La Nina different from El Nino ? 1. La Nina is characterised by un-usually cold ocean temperature in equatorial Indian Ocean whereas El Nino IS characterised by unusually warm ocean temperature in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. 2. El Nino has adverse effect on south-west monsoon of India, but La Nina has no effect on monsoon climate. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [CSAT2011]
• When can one record the lowest temperature of air?
• When a descending air contracts and its volume decreases, what happens to its temperature? [IAS 2009]