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Excerpt Taken From Washington Post Article by Ann Posegate, October 2, 2008
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2008/10/weather_and_baseball.html
Humidity
High humidity actually yields air that is less dense, thus providing less air resistance for a traveling ball and allowing it to go further. This is an interesting and counterintuitive fact due to water vapor being lighter (in mass) than oxygen and nitrogen in air. Taking it back to high school chemistry, density equals mass over volume. The more water vapor that's present in the air, the lighter and less resistant the air is.
Temperature
Air expands as it warms. So warm air is less dense -- there's more space between the air molecules -- than cold air. Warm temperatures therefore also help a ball to travel a bit farther.
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Does sound travel faster in warm or cold air and why?
sound travel faster in cold air half i give you further other person will give
Do warm fronts or cold fronts travel at the same speed?
Cold fronts tend to travel a little faster. When they catch up to the warm front, an occluded front is formed.
Would sound travel faster in warm air or cold air why?
The sound travel faster in warm air because the average mean speed of the molecules of air is faster in warm air than on cool air. Sound is transferred by collisions of molecules. Therefore sound waves will travel faster on warm air because collisions of molecules of air in warm air is greater.
Does sound travel faster in warm air or cold air?
it travels faster in warner air since cold particles dont move very fast because they do not have much energy. then when warm air enters the particles they start moving faster and vibrating faster which moves sound along alot faster. hope this helps :).
Does air travel from warm to cold or from cold to warm?
Cold to warm
Does sugar dissolve faster in cold or warm water?
Salt dissolves faster in cold water
Does a boat sink in hot warm or cold water faster?
It sinks faster in hot water than warm or cold
Do all frequencies of sound travel faster in warm air than in cool air?
Frequencies of sound should travel faster in cold air because it is more dense than warm air. Sound propagates much faster through water than air for the same reason.
Do flowers drink cold water or warm water faster?
cold water faster
Does bread mold grow faster in the cold or warm?
warm
What front is faster a cold or warm one?
cold one
Where does warm air and cold air travel to on the globe?
Cold air travel on north and south pole and warm air travel near equator
