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Originally Posted by Anthony Smithee
You are incorrect in stating that it has everything to do with test tubes.
You must consider the time it takes for heat to spread throughout the volume of water, for one.
Also, is it all H2O in our oceans? Funny; I thought they were also comprised of a large amount of salt and other impurities, which affects density.
Also, it does not just say that which you said. It quantifies the rise as well:
Also, you are correct regarding evaporation, but then you also do not consider that as temperature increases the residence time of water in the atmosphere decreases, meaning that though there is an increase in the amount going up, there is also an increase in the amount going down.
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No it does not work like that. It's a dynamic equilibrium. Look up Boltzmann distribution and that should explain. Simply the filtering is proportional quantity, as you would expect. All other effects will be second order or less and are not too important. Now you mention salt but that is going to remain fairly constant except for the small change in evaporated water. That's why you need test tubes! Stick some salt in and see what happens.