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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris. | . b/c more water vapor is condensing into liquid on the West side. The water evaporates from the ocean and the wind blows it towards the mountain. When the water vapor is pushed into the moutain by the wind, the mountain pushes it upward. |
| Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris. | As the water vapor moves up the mountain, the atmosphere is colder as it gets higher. AS the water vaper cools, it turns into liquid water and falls down as rain. By the time it reaches the top and moves onto the East side there is very little water va |
| Where in the atmosphere does water vapor condence? | High up where the tempature is cold. |
| When liquid water evaporates | water molecules do not dissapear they change to water vapor. |
| When wind blows toward a mountain, | the mountain can direct the wind upwared |
| What are the two factors we discussed that affect the movement of water vapor in the atmoshere? | Wind and mountain size. |
| When liquid water falls a rain | There is less water left in the atmosphere. |
| What is the rain shadow effect? | The uneven patteren of rain that occures when wind blows from a body of waterr towards a mountain and creasates a lot of rain on the windward side of the mountain and very little on the mountain and very little on the opposite side. |
| Water vapor in the atmopshere hitting a mountain and changing direction is a example of what two sheres interacting? | Hydrosphere and geosphere. |
| What are the 4 spheres in Earth's system? | Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere. |
| Geosphere | all of the rock and soil on earth. |
| Biosphere | all living things on Earth. |
| Hydrosphere | all of the water on earth. |
| Atmosphere | the air that surrounds earth. |
| Water vapor | water in the form of invisible gas. |
| Condensation | When a gas turns into a liquid. |
| Molecule | a group of atoms joined together in a particular way. |
| Evaporation | when a liquid turns into a gas. |
| System | A group of parts that work together. |