How Mountains Affect the Climate

The measure of how high a place is above sea level is called 

• height
• altitude
• latitude
• longitude 

As you go higher in altitude, the climate will get

• drier
• cooler
• lighter
• warmer

What would you most likely find in a rain shadow?

• Tall trees
• Large lakes
• Ice and snow
• sand and rocks

Where does most of the rain fall on a mountain?

• The base
• The rain shadow
• The leeward side
• The windward side

The dry area on the leeward side of the mountain is called the

• peak
• rainforest
• rain shadow
• windward side

When moist winds go up a mountain, they often drop rain as they go up and over the mountain.  The air coming down the other side of the mountain is 

• cooler and drier
• cooler and wetter
• warmer and drier
• warmer and wetter

Which side of mountain tends to be dry?

• Front
• Leeward
• Equatorial
• Windward

Deserts often form on which side of the mountain?

• The valley side
• The leeward side
• The northwest side
• The windward side