HOW TOPOGRAPHY AFFECTS CLIMATE

1. Which side of the mountain often receives the most precipitation?

• A. leeward side

• B. windward side

• C. rain shadow

• D. peak

2. What will happen when the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal?

• A. Clouds form.

• B. The dew point is reached.

• C. The humidity increases.

• D. Precipitation occurs.

3. How does the windward side differ from the leeward side of a high land?

• A. The windward receives more precipitation than the leeward.

• B. The leeward side has more vegetation than the windward side

• C. The windward side receives more heat than the leeward side.

• D. The leeward side receives more precipitation than the windward side.

4. Why does cloud formation disappear as the air moves slowly towards the leeward side of a mountain?

• A. The air condenses as it moves to the leeward side.

• B. The amount of water vapor is not enough.

• C. The temperature becomes lower.

• D. There is too much water vapor.

5. When moist winds approach a mountain, they often drop rain as they rise over the mountain. Which characterizes the wind as it comedown the other side of the

mountain?

• A.cooler and drier

• B. cooler and wetter

• C. warmer and drier

• D. warmer and wetter