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Activity No. - "Which Should I Choose, Windward or Leeward?"

This document is a worksheet for a 9th grade science activity about how topography affects climate. It contains an illustration of a mountain and guide questions about the differences between the windward and leeward sides. Students are asked to identify the land formations on the left side of the mountain, and to explain that the windward side experiences lower temperatures while the leeward side experiences higher temperatures due to differences in air movement and moisture.

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Activity No. - "Which Should I Choose, Windward or Leeward?"

This document is a worksheet for a 9th grade science activity about how topography affects climate. It contains an illustration of a mountain and guide questions about the differences between the windward and leeward sides. Students are asked to identify the land formations on the left side of the mountain, and to explain that the windward side experiences lower temperatures while the leeward side experiences higher temperatures due to differences in air movement and moisture.

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Name:_________________________ ___Grade 9 Sec:______________Date:__________________

Activity no.______”Which should I choose, Windward or Leeward?”

Objective: explain how topography affects climate


Materials: worksheet & ballpen
Directions: Study the illustration below.
A.

Guide Questions:

1.What land formations are found on the left side? ___________________________________


2.Which side of the mountain experiences low temperature?__________________________
3.Which side of the mountain experiences high temperature?_________________________

B.
1.What type of weather found on the leeward side?____________________________________
2.What happens to the water vapor as it rises over the mountain?______________________

3.What happens when air becomes warmer and drier as it moves down the leeward
side?____________________________
4.What dry region forms the back of the mountain?______________________________

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