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Which property makes water unique among atmospheric constituents?

  • A.It absorbs no radiation, which allows it to be transported over long distances without altering the energy budget
  • B.It exists in all three phases at ordinary atmospheric temperatures
  • C.It is the most abundant of the atmospheric gases and therefore dominates the mean molecular mass of the air
  • D.It is chemically inert

Answer: B

The triple point of water lies at 0.01 degrees Celsius and 6.11 hectopascals, squarely within the atmospheric range, so all three phases coexist and the transitions between them carry latent heat. No other atmospheric substance behaves this way. Water is also the strongest greenhouse gas, so the fourth option is emphatically wrong, and it makes up under 4 per cent of the air at most. Checking the units of each quantity catches a wrong formula before the arithmetic begins.

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