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Unit 3 Ch.3+4
Science
Question | Answer |
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Why does more rain over West Ferris that East Ferris? | More rain forms over West Ferris than East Ferris because 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 water vapor is pushed into the mountain by the wind t |
Where in the atmosphere does water condense? | High up where the tenperature is cold |
When liquid water evaporates, water molecules do not _________, they change to ___________ | Disapperar, water vapor |
When the wind blows 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 falls as rain, there is ________ water left in the atmosphere. | Less |
What is the rain shadow affect? | The uneven pattern of rain that occurs when wind blows from a body of water towards a mountain and creates a lot of rain on the windward side of the mountain and very little on the opposite side. |
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 Earth's system? | Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and 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 particlular way. |
Evaporation | when a liquid turns into a gas. |
System | a group of parts that work together. |