d. Drier; is a cold air mass 16) With Orographic precipitation, rainfall will oc
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d. Drier; is a cold air mass 16) With Orographic precipitation, rainfall will occur on theslope and the rainshadow (dry air) will occur on side. a. Leeward; windward b. Windward; leeward c. Windward ; windward d. Leeward; leeward 17) If you wanted to protect groundwater from being polluted, you would line the bottom of waste dumps with: a. Mixture of sand and gravel b. Clay C. Gravel d. Sand 18) In what areas of North America is annual potential evapotransporation (POTET) the highest? a. The areas around Hudson Bay in Canada b. The Midwestern states of Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Kansas, and Nebraska c. Southen CA, southern AZ, southern TX, and south FL d. The Rocky Mountains of Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana 19) Highland climates can occur at any latitude a. True b. False 20) Tropical rain forests climates receive most of their precipitation as a result of a. Orographic uplift b. Convectional uplift c. Frontal uplift d. High pressure zones 21) The Pacific Northwest region of the US is a moist environment because of a. The effect of maritime air masses b. Orographic uplift c. The predominate direction that winds blow at that latitude d. All of the aboveExplanation / Answer
16)
B - windward and the leeward sides
The windward side is the side in which the air containing with the moisture from valley ascends upward and reached upto the top of the mountains by going through the formation of clouds by condensation due to adiabatic cooling its further cooling results in raining and thats why raining is done at windward direction and then dry air descends along the leeward side or rain shadow side.
17)
B- Clay - it is a substance which is having very fine grains and so there is less void in it and thus causes better cementation when placed at the bottom of the tailing damps which blocks the flow of the wastage into the belowgroung because it is less permeable to water.
18)
C= southern CA , southern Fl etc = These are the places which are adjacent to the seas so the water availability and humidity is high, sea breezes and the wind speeds are more and these areas are nearer to the equator and the extent of vegetative covering is also high so it receives higher insolation which all results in higher transpiration and evaporation.
19)
b- false
highland climate as the name suggest it is the climate of the regions which are higher in elevation such as the plateaus and the mountains, so these cannot be available at every latitude. these are not present in the higher latitudes.
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