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If the surface cools rapidly at night while the air above remains comparatively warmer, what mainly causes dew on the surface?

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Correct answer: Air in contact with the surface cooling to the dew point

Correct answer: A. At night, a surface can lose heat by radiation and cool faster than the air higher above it. The thin layer of air touching that surface is then cooled by contact. If it reaches the dew point, it becomes saturated and some water vapour changes into liquid droplets on the surface; these droplets are dew. B is wrong because dew is not caused by the upper air suddenly turning into rain. C is wrong because zero pressure is neither required nor a normal condition for dew. D would generally warm the surface and oppose night-time dew formation. Memory cue: surface cooling first, contact air reaches dew point, droplets appear.

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DewContact CoolingDew PointNight CoolingForms Of Condensation: DewFrostFogAnd MistForms Of Condensation Dew Frost Fog And MistWater In The AtmosphereGeography

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