{"id":2363,"date":"2025-04-30T23:12:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/?p=2363"},"modified":"2025-04-30T23:12:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:42:13","slug":"q-with-reference-to-water-vapour-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/upsc\/q-with-reference-to-water-vapour-which-of-the-following-statements-is-are-correct","title":{"rendered":"Q. With reference to \u201cwater vapour\u201d, which of the following statements is\/are correct?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  1. It is a gas, the amount of which decreases with altitude.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Its percentage is\u00a0maximum<\/strong>\u00a0at the poles<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Select the answer using the code given below :<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 1 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 2 only<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Both 1 and 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Neither 1 nor 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Answer:<\/strong> (a) 1 only<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

      Notes:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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      • Water vapor is a gas, and\u00a0its amount decreases with altitude<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The\u00a0amount of water vapor generally decreases with altitude.<\/strong>\u00a0This is because most of the water vapor originates from evaporation at the Earth\u2019s surface, especially from oceans, seas, lakes, and other water bodies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • As you move higher in the atmosphere, the temperature decreases, and the capacity of air to hold water vapor also decreases.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The\u00a0percentage of water vapor is not maximum at the poles; it is minimum there.<\/strong>\n
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        • Water Vapor Concentration:<\/strong>\u00a0The\u00a0concentration of water vapor is typically higher in warmer regions near the equator,<\/strong>\u00a0where evaporation rates are highest due to higher temperatures. Conversely, polar regions, which are much colder, have lower evaporation rates and thus lower concentrations of water vapor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Maximum Percentage:<\/strong>\u00a0The percentage of water vapor is not maximum at the poles; it is\u00a0actually minimum due to the cold temperatures<\/strong>\u00a0and limited evaporation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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          Select the answer using the code given below : Answer: (a) 1 only Notes:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[36],"years":[49],"class_list":["post-2363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-upsc","category-prelims","tag-environment","years-49"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":1,"label":"UPSC"},{"value":3,"label":"Prelims"}],"post_tag":[{"value":36,"label":"Environment"}],"years":[{"value":49,"label":"2024"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"LotusArise","author_link":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/author\/team-lotusarise"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":1,"name":"UPSC","slug":"upsc","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":1,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1269,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":1,"category_count":1269,"category_description":"","cat_name":"UPSC","category_nicename":"upsc","category_parent":0},{"term_id":3,"name":"Prelims","slug":"prelims","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":1,"count":1251,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":3,"category_count":1251,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Prelims","category_nicename":"prelims","category_parent":1}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":36,"name":"Environment","slug":"environment","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":36,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":193,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2363"},{"taxonomy":"years","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lotusarise.com\/qna\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/years?post=2363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}