Name: Vilamor, Abegail B. Offering No.

: ABen 145

Student ID: 18-1-00985 Mobile No.: 09380040800

Assessment 2.4

1. It is ratio of the water vapor mass which is contained in a specific air volume to the mass of
water vapor in the same volume under saturation conditions at the same temperature and
pressure conditions.
Answer: Relative Humidity (RH) is the ratio of the actual vapor pressure of water in the air to
that in air saturated with water vapor.
2. Refers to the weight of a column of air from the surface to the top of the atmosphere.
Answer: Atmospheric Pressure is the force per unit area exerted by an atmospheric column,
the entire body of air above a specific area. It is expressed in atmospheric pressure (atm),
millimeters of mercury (mmHg), kilopascal (kPa), in engineering applications, and is expressed in
hectopascal (hPa) in meteorological and climate applications.
3. The important forces that affects the dynamics of wind.
Answer:

 Pressure Gradient Force (PGF) - force that initiates air movement. Determines air
direction and dictates initial wind speed.
 Coriolis Effect (CE) – an apparent force that causes deflection of motion of the fluid when
earth rotates.
 Centrifugal Force – apparent outward force on an object moving along a curved trajectory
and a manifestation of inertia.
 Friction – a drag force to decrease wind speed.
4. State the second law of thermodynamics.
Answer: The second law of thermodynamics states that “the total entropy of an isolated system
can never decrease over time, and is constant if and only if all processes are reversible”. This
only means that the concentrated amount of energy from the sun received by the equator moves
to the Poles (South Pole and North Pole) and other areas located in the high latitudes, where the
temperature is lower compared to that of the equator.
5. The most difficult force to quantify mathematically.
Answer: Friction is the most difficult force to quantify mathematically.
6. Reason of using Kelvin as unit of temperature for scientific purposes.
Answer: The unit of temperature Kelvin (K) starts at absolute zero and zero degrees Kelvin
represents zero kinetic energy or temperature. Thus, Kelvin scale is an absolute temperature
scale that is directly related to kinetic energy and volume. This is the reason why used as unit of
temperature for scientific purposes.