What Is Life? 2nd Edition by Jay Phelan

Exercise 33

When moist wind from an ocean blows onshore toward a mountain range:
A) as the air rises, it pulls moisture from the ground, causing the higher elevations to be drier.
B) as the air goes over the top of the mountain and falls back down toward lower elevations, it holds less moisture, creating a "rain shadow" zone of unusually high precipitation.
C) as the air rises, it holds less moisture, causing the dissipation of all clouds.
D) as the moist air goes over the top of the mountain and falls back down toward lower elevations, it holds even more moisture, creating a "rain shadow" desert with very little precipitation.
E) None of the above are correct.