01:450:101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Humid Continental Climate, Kyoto Protocol, Fluid Parcel
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Chapter 6: atmospheric moisture: the impact of moisture on the landscape, moisture can impact the landscape in a variety of ways, including fog, haze, and precipitation. Short term impacts of precipitation floods: geologic term impacts (i. e. , caves) on earth"s surfa(cid:272)e. Longer term impacts of the absence of precipitation drought: the hydrologic cycle. Exists as a liquid at most points on earth"s surfa(cid:272)e. Expands when it freezes; less dense than liquid water; ice floats in water: hydrogen bonding creates surface tension, a (cid:862)ski(cid:374)(cid:863) of (cid:373)ole(cid:272)ules gi(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:449)ater a stickiness quality, good solvent, high specific heat. Latent heat is required to convert water to its different phases. Latent heat is thermal energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant- temperature process usually a phase transition: phase change processes. Evaporation: liquid to gas: condensation: gas to liquid, melting: solid to liquid.
