The Interception of Passing Air Masses by a Mountain Barrier

question 35

True/False

The interception of passing air masses by a mountain barrier is termed orographic uplift, and it produces moist windward slopes and drier leeward slopes.

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Definitions:

Cis-trans Isomers

Compounds that have the same molecular formula but differ in the spatial arrangement of certain atoms or groups around a double bond.

Isomeric

Refers to molecules that have the same molecular formula but a different arrangement of atoms in space.

Hybridization

Hybridization is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals, which can explain molecule shapes and bonding properties.

Dimethyl Ether

An organic compound and simplest ether, characterized by two methyl groups bonded to an oxygen atom.