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Question | Answer |
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why does more rain over west ferris than east ferris | more rain forms over west ferris than east ferris because more water vapors is condensing into liquid on the west side. The water evaporates from the ocean and the wind blows it toward the moutain. when the water vapor is pushed into the mountains by t |
why does more rain over west ferris than east ferris contenued | 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 there is very little water vap |
where in the atmosphere does water vapor condense? | high up where the temperature is cold |
when liquid water evaporates, water molecules do not they________, they change to _________. | disappear, water vapor |
when wind blow toward a mountain, the mountain can direct the wind ________. | upward |
what are two factors we discussed that affect the movement of water vapor in the atmosphere? | wind and mountain size |
when liquid water fells as rain, there is water____ water left in the atmosphere. | less |
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 |
water vapor in the atmosphere hitting a mountain and changing direction is an example of what two spheres interacting? | Hydrosphere and geosphere |
what are 4 spheres in earths systems? | atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere |
geosphere | all of the rock and soil on earth |
biosphere | all living things on earth |
hydrosphere | all water on earth |
atomosphere | the air around earth |
water vapor | water in the form of invisble gas |
condensation | when a gas turns into liquid |
evaporation | when liquid turns into a gas |
system | a group of parts that work together |