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Unit 3 study guide
chapters 3&4
Question | Answer |
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Why does more rain form over West Ferris than 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 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 Continued...Again........ | 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 the mountain can direct the wind upward. | |
what are two factors we disscused 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 the rain shadow affect? | The uneven pattern when wind blows |
Water vapor hitting a mountain is an example of what? | Hydrosphere and giosphere |
What are 4 shperes in the earths system? | Atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and giosphere. |
Geosphere | all of the rock and soil on earth |
biospere | all living things on earth |
hydrosphere | all of the water on earth |
atmosphere | the air that surrounds the earth |
water vapor | water in the form of invisible gas |
condensation | when gas turns into liquid |
molecule | a group of atoms joined together |
evaporation | when a liquid turns into a gas |
system | a group of parts that work together |