Question 24 Multiple Choice Worth 2 points)
[BWS.02] Why is science important for society?

Because the scientific knowledge itself helps solve many basic human needs and it also improves how humans live and their standards. For example, without science medications wouldn´t exist and many technological devices we use now-a-days. We´re surrounded by science, we just don´t really notice it.

a rain shadow is a dry region of land on the side that is protected against the prevailing winds of a mountain range. the prevailing winds are the winds that occur most of the time in a particular place of the earth

prevailing winds carry air toward the mountain range. as the air rises up over a mountain range, the air cools, water vapor condenses, and clouds form. on this side of the mountains, called the windward side, precipitation falls in the form of  rain  or snow. this dry air produces a  rain shadow.