Let us assume that the ring is a size 7 ring, which has a circumference of 54.3 millimeters. Converting this to centimeters, the circumference of the ring is:
54.3 mm = 5.43 cm
Now, we determine the number of gold atoms that will be present in this:
5.43 / 1 x 10⁻⁹
There will be 5.43 x 10⁹ atoms
We now determine the number of moles this is by:
one mole = 6.02 x 10²³ atoms
Moles = 5.43 x 10⁹ / 6.02 x 10²³
Moles = 9.01 x 10⁻¹⁵ moles
The molar mass of gold is 197 g/mol
The mass is 9.01 x 10⁻¹⁵ * 197
The mass of the strand is 1.76 x 10⁻¹² grams
In the so called rain shadow effect we have interaction between all of the four major Earth spheres. When we have a coastal region where there's a high mountain range, the part of the mountain that is facing the sea will differ a lot from the part of the mountain that is on the other side. The water from the sea evaporates. The water vapor makes the air wet. The warm and wet air masses from the sea will come to the coastline, once they reach the mountain they will start to accumulate as they can not pass through it. As they accumulate rainfall appears. The rainfall contributes to a lush vegetation on this side of the mountain (windward side). The rain shadow effect appears on the leeward side of the mountain, and it mostly gets dry, strong, downward winds. These conditions result in drier climate, much less vegetation, and much increased erosion. Thus we can easily see that we have in this case interaction between the hydrosphere (the sea and the rainfall), the geosphere (the ground, soil, rocks), biosphere (the vegetation), and atmosphere (the winds, the clouds).
