The water content in the atmosphere:

Related MCQs

• Consider the following statements: 1. Nearly 99 percent of the total mass of the atmosphere lies within 30 km of the Earth's surface. 2. The proportion of ozone in the atmosphere increases to a maximum at about 60 km from Earth's surface. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2008]
• Land masses are heated and cooled much faster than water bodies. Identify the true statements in this regard: 1. Land gets heated by conduction 2. Water has higher specific heat 3. Only the surface layers of water are heated 4. Water gets heated by convection
• The capacity of the Atmosphere to hold water vapour
• The continuous circulation of water among the hydrosphere, atmosphere and Lithosphere is known as
• Which of the following is not one of the three processes involved in the transfer of water between the atmosphere and the surface of the Earth?
• 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
• The dense mass of small water drops on smoke particles in the lower layers of the atmosphere is :
• 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. On the planet Earth, the fresh water available for use amounts to about less than 1% of the total water found. 2. Of the total fresh water found on the planet Earth, 95% is bound up in polar ice caps and glaciers. Which of the statements given above is/are correct? [IAS 2010]
• The correct sequence of different layers of the atmosphere from the surface of the Earth upwards is: