Wind and moist air is drawn by the prevailing winds towards the top of the mountains, where it condenses and precipitates before it crosses the top. The air, without much moisture left, advances across the mountains creating a drier side called the "rain shadow".
The windward side of the mountain is the side of the mountain that the wind blows into. This side is where all the rain tends to be because of the air cools as it rises, making clouds. The opposite side is called the leeward side. This is where the air sinks, leaving the side much more warm and dry.
Answer: if there were no decomposers in an ecosystem then, wastes and the remains of dead organisms would pile up and the nutrients within the waste and dead organisms would not be released back into the ecosystem.
A coral reef is made of thin layers of calcium carbonate. Coral polyps form a living mat over a calcium carbonate skeleton. Stony corals (or scleractinians) are the corals primarily responsible for laying the foundations of, and building up, reef structures.
An object's <u>mass</u> will remain constant throughout the universe, but it's <u>weight </u>can change from planet to planet. If you increase the mass of a planet, what happens to its gravity? <u>Strength of Gravity increases.</u> If the gravity on a planet decreases, what happens to the weight of an object on that planet? <u>Weight Decreases</u>
