Discussion
Assertion (A): Atmospheric water has a much shorter residence time than ocean water.
Reason (R): The atmosphere holds very little water yet precipitates a great deal of it each year.
Answer: A
Both are true and the reason gives the arithmetic, and ocean residence times are measured in thousands of years. The atmosphere is a small and rapidly turning over part of the cycle. Its small size belies its importance to the whole system.
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