It Tends to Rain More in the Mountains Than in Adjacent

question 129

Multiple Choice

It tends to rain more in the mountains than in adjacent lowlands because

• A) as air travels up mountains, it cools. Cool air holds less moisture than warm air does, and the excess moisture is dropped as rain.
• B) as air travels up the mountains, it is compressed. The mountains squeeze the water out of the air, and the water falls as rain.
• C) mountains are often in the clouds.
• D) as air moves down mountains, it expands and does not form clouds, so no rainfall occurs.
• E) the rain has farther to travel from clouds to the lowlands, and so more evaporates before reaching the ground.

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