On her way to school Tuesday morning, Ana got soaking wet during a surprise rainstorm. She was not carrying an umbrella or rain jacket because the climate in her town was normally very hot and dry. What are the main factors that influence the amount of precipitation in an area or region?

Prevailing winds

Presence of mountains

Seasonal winds.

Explanation:

Prevailing winds:

Prevailing winds is the wind that blows across an area or surface over time. It affects the amount of precipitation. If winds blows inland from water bodies such as oceans the amount do precipitation will be high because they carry more water vapor than the winds that blow over land.

Presence of mountains :

Mountain ranges affect precipitation too.The windward side of the mountain, which is the side the wind hits has higher precipitation while the land on the other side of the mountain, leeward side, will have little precipitation.

answer is: naturally occurring solid, inorganic compound or element is mineral.

minerals usually have crystalline form, that means than crystal constituents (atoms, molecules or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.

for example magnetite is a mineral of iron oxide (fe₂o₃).

calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable polymorph of calcium carbonate (caco₃).

dolomite is an   carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate (camg(co₃)₂).

the answer is b because, investigating whether another species of moth also drinks tears might be interesting, but it would not directly explain why this species of moth does.

to explain why this species of moth drinks tears, the scientist could ask: "what nutrients that moths need are in elephant tears? "

the scientist could experiment with moth repellent or oter ways to keep the moths away, but that would not answer his original question.