This Grass Quiz Will Just Have to Make Dew

Answer: In the evening

The thin film of water we call dew forms on objects close to the ground, such as grass, most likely in the evening. The surfaces cool down during the evening, and when they do, the thin layer of air surrounding them cools too; the water vapor forms condensation on the objects' surfaces. This water vapor comes from the atmosphere but might also rise up from the soil itself.

Answer: The temperature at which this condensation begins

Condensation begins at the dew point, that is to say, the dew point is the temperature at which the water vapor process of condensation begins. Now that can of course be a temperature about 32°F, but it can also be a temperature below 32°F. And when that happens at a temperature below 32°F, or 0°C then the dew turns into frost.

Answer: heavy pollen count

Dew, aka condensation, forms most easily in an atmosphere that is relatively clean, and the air is calm with little wind. Dew can form indoors as well; it's just that we usually call it condensation in those cases, such as when our eyeglasses steam up especially when we're wearing masks for Covid protection.

Answer: less than 1 mm diameter

Normally, dew drops are less than 1 millimeter in diameter, and a great way to observe them is if they happen to form on a spider's cobweb. Observing dewdrops on plants might possibly be misleading if one is determining their size because plants and flowers transmit water to their leaves especially in humid conditions, so you might be seeing that water instead of water strictly formed from the
condensation process. These water droplets are called guttation water drops and are considerably larger than dewdrops, more than twice as large.

Answer: drosometer

The Valmet IQ and aridity index both measure dryness, not water vapor or condensation. The hydrometer actually measures gravity, using Archimedes' principle of solid floating bodies displacing their own weight within a liquid. A drosometer measures the amount of water, or dew that forms per unit of time per unit of surface area.

Answer: Andrew Marvell

The poem begins:
"See how the orient dew,
Shed from the bosom of the morn
Into the blowing roses,
Yet careless of its mansion new..."

Andrew Marvell celebrated the beauty and marvel of nature in his poems, and he lived from 1621 to 1678 and wrote "On a Drop of Dew" in, 1681 long before Alexander Pope was born (1688-1744) as well as T.S. Eliot (1888-1965), and W.H. Auden (1907-1973).

Answer: Ersa

Ersa is the daughter of the Greek God Zeus and the Titan goddess Selene who is the goddess of the Moon. It makes some sense that she should be the goddess of dew since her father Zeus, was the god of rain amongst other things. Ersa's dew moistened the Earth's grass, granting the grass and plants nourishment. In Latin, her name is spelled Herse.
Hestia is the Greek goddess of the hearth and its fire. Ankhiale is a Titan goddess of warming heat in Greek mythology. Caia Caecilia a Roman goddess of fire.

Answer: forensic meteorologist

A forensic meteorologist uses weather records, data about the atmosphere, situational reenactments, as well as eyewitness interviews in order to determine a picture of the weather conditions associated with a criminal activity. The information gathered may help to support the events given as an alibi, or it might dispute the story. Vehicular accidents are a common source of a forensic meteorologist's involvement, but they do also consult in murders, aircraft accidents, skiing accidents, property insurance cases, and more.

Answer: dew rising off the grass in the distance as a car rides off into the sunset at the end

At the movie's conclusion, the car is seen exiting the Talladega Speedway and riving off toward the setting sun. Since dew rises off the grass in the morning, that is no time for dew to be rising off the grass, no matter how picturesque it might have looked to producers.

But alas, morning was the only time they could shoot this shot which was taking place at sundown in the story. Ford Thunderbirds do indeed race in NASCAR events. Dew does indeed also form on turf as well as grass, but besides which there is no skidding car scene like that in that film. Dew is not a definitive indication of it having rained, besides which NASCAR events can take place in the rain if it's light enough.

Answer: Late winter/early spring is prime dew season

Dew season is actually in late summer and early autumn. At this time the air is usually cool enough to fall below the dew point but not so cool that frost is created. Autumn nights also tend to be calmer and cleaner, both agreeable conditions to dew formation. For dew to form the air does not actually have to be exceptionally humid or warm contrary to what one would assume.

The dew point is a better measure than humidity of water vapor in the air.