How did scientists respond to Copernicus discovery

Nicolaus Copernicus developed the Heliocentric model for the Solar System in the early 1500s. He was an astronomer, and he published a book in 1532 in which he proposed that the planets orbit the Sun rather than the Earth. The church reacted with outrage, and banned the book.

c- cold periods in earth's history during which glaciers covered much of the surface.

explanation:

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.