Rain shadow effect

What landform causes the rain shadow effect?

• mountains

• lakes

• plains

• valley

As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to the air temperature?

• nothing

• it decreases

• it increases

• it fluctuates between warm and cold

Warm air can carry more water vapor (moister) than cool air.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Describe the air on the windward side of a mountain.

• dry

• hot

• moist

• cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

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Describe the air on the leeward side of a mountain.

• cold

• warm

• dry

• moist

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The air on the windward side of a mountain is moist because it is close to

• an ocean

• a puddle

• a desert

• a river

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

As altitude increases, the air gets

• hotter

• wetter

• thicker

• cooler

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

What is the windward side of a mountain?

• The wet side that is upwind of the mountain.

• The side of the mountain with the most people.

• The dry side that is downwind of the mountain.

• The side of the mountain with the rain shadow.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As air rises, it expands. This expanding air also ______.

• warms and condenses

• cools and condenses

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A rain shadow forms on the ___________ side of a mountain as a result of ___________ rainfall there.

• windward; more

• windward; less

• leeward; more

• leeward; less

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5