{"id":26407,"date":"2026-11-01T03:51:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-does-a-rain-shadow-often-produce-drier-leeward-slopes\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T03:51:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T21:51:03","slug":"why-does-a-rain-shadow-often-produce-drier-leeward-slopes","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/why-does-a-rain-shadow-often-produce-drier-leeward-slopes\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does a rain shadow often produce drier leeward slopes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why does a rain shadow often produce drier leeward slopes?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>Air descends and warms after crossing the mountain<\/li>\n<li>Winds carry groundwater uphill<\/li>\n<li>The sun never shines on windward slopes<\/li>\n<li>The ocean is absent from the islands<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","subject":[1846],"topic":[4075,4068],"education_level":[2495],"class_list":["post-26407","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","subject-geography-of-the-united-states","topic-hawaii-climate","topic-hawaii-facts","education_level-grade-7"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>A rain<\/strong> shadow develops where descending air on a leeward slope becomes relatively dry.<\/p><p>Elevation changes temperature, so a warm coast and a cold high summit can exist on the same island.<\/p>","mcq_options":[{"right":"yes","answer":"Air descends and warms after crossing the mountain"},{"right":"no","answer":"Winds carry groundwater uphill"},{"right":"no","answer":"The sun never shines on windward slopes"},{"right":"no","answer":"The ocean is absent from the islands"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":1846,"title":"Geography of the United States","slug":"geography-of-the-united-states"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":4075,"title":"Hawaii Climate","slug":"hawaii-climate"},{"id":4068,"title":"Hawaii Facts","slug":"hawaii-facts"}],"education_level_terms":[{"id":2495,"title":"Grade 7","slug":"grade-7"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/26407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=26407"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=26407"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=26407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}