The first step of the scientific process is A. Making an observation
B. Testing a hypothesis
C. Communicating your findings in a journal

A. Making an observation

Explanation:

Before you can communicate findings, you first need to have findings. And before you can test a hypothesis, you first need to come up with a hypothesis, which can be done by first making an observation.

mountains can affect the climate of nearby lands. in some areas, mountains block rain, so that one side of a mountain range may be rainy and the other side may be a desert. much of airborne moisture falls as rain on the windward side of mountains.

explanation:

igneous rocks which formed by the crystallization of magma at the surface of the earth called extrusive rocks. they are characterized by fine-grained textures because the rapid cooling at or near the surface did not provide enough time for large crystals to grow.