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Unit 3 ch. 3 and 4
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why does more rain form over West Ferris than East Ferris | More rain forms 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 toward the mountain. When the water vapor is pushed into the mountain by the wind, |
| To be continued... | the mountain pushes it upward. As the water vapor moves up the mountain, the atmosphere is colder as it gets higher. As the water vapor cools, it turns into liquid water and falls down as rain. By the time it reaches the top and moves onto the East side.. |
| To be even more continued.... | there is very little water vapor left. |
| Where in the atmosphere does water vapor condense | High up where the temperature is cold. |
| When liquid water evaporates water molecules do not disappear, they change to water vapor | |
| When wind blows toward a mountain can direct the wind upward | |
| what are the two factors we discussed that affect the movement of water vapor in the atmosphere | wind and mountain size |
| when liquid water falls as rain, there is less water left in the atmosphere | |
| what is rain shadow effect | the uneven pattern of rain that occurs when wind blows from a body of water toward a mountain and creates a lot of rain on the windward side of the mountain and very little on the opposite side |
| what two spheres interacted | hydrosphere and geosphere |
| what are earths 4 spheres in earths system | atmosphere hydrosphere biosphere geosphere |
| Geosphere | all of rock and soil on earth |
| Biosphere | all living things on earth |
| hydrosphere | all water on earth |
| atmosphere | the air that surrounds earth |
| water vapor | water in the form of invisible gas |
| condensation | when gas turns into liquid |
| molecules | a group of atoms joined together in a particular way |
| evaporate | when a liquid turns into gas |
| system | a group of parts that work together |