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the eastern side because there is less rain/moisture.
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∙ 9y agoDeserts frequently form on the leeward side of mountain ranges. The mountains prevent moisture from crossing the range and most of the rain falls on the windward side.
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How do convection currents form downdrafts in deserts near tall mountain ranges?
Warm air expands and rises from the base on one side of the mountain. It cools and contracts in the clouds above the mountain and sinks back down but on the desert side of the mountains. This way both sides of the mountain are heated properly.
If a leaf is fossilized it would most likely form what type of fossil?
Probably, carbonateous fossil.
What would have most likely stopped mendel from finding a pattern in his result?
If seed shape did not have a clearly recessive form
What did Darwin reason when he saw fossil shells in the mountain?
1. powerful storms scooped the animals out of the ocean and left them in the mountain 2.ancient rock bed that were beneath the sea were elevated to form mountain ranges these are my guesses i think the 1st ones right
Which form of technology are scientist most likely to use to calculate the distance to a newly discovery planet?
Scientists would use the Doppler Effect to calculate the distance to a Star which had the newly-discovered planet.
Would a desert form on the leeward side of a mountain if the air compressed and warmed?
No, deserts form on the leeward side of a mountain because the mountain blocks the flow of moisture and clouds forming a rain shadow desert.
What land form is the Atacama Desert?
The Atacama is mostly a plateau between two mountain ranges.
What locations is new soil likely to form at the slowest rate overtime?
a desert
What mountain would lava may form?
Lava may form a mountain called a volcano!
Which landform is likely to form where two oceanic plates push together?
folded mountain
What did Abraham take with him up the mountain to make a fire?
Wood, and it was carried by Isaac. How would he have lit it? He may have had a flint and iron (or flint and pyrite) fire striker, but I think it equally likely that he would have carried the fire in smoldering form, instead of starting a fire on the mountain.
What rivers border ancient Mesopotamia?
The Tigris and Euphrates River valleys form the core of Mesopotamia, not the borders, which are mostly mountain and desert.
what would most likely be the predominant life form found in stage?
What would mos likely be the predominant life form found in sttage
What would happen if plants in the desert became extinct?
All other desert life would eventually cease to exist as the plants form the basis of desert food chains and serve as storehouses of water vital to desert life.
Which is more like a mountain stream a tributary or a meander why?
Meanders form where the supply of sediment is greater than its removal. This is not typical of mountain streams. These are likely to be minor tributaries.
Where are non volcanic mountain chains most likely to form?
at a boundary between two colliding continenetal plates
Where are non volcanic mountain chains most likely form?
at a boundary between two colliding continenetal plates
