The Hawai'ian Islands were formed as a result of
A) a rising plume of magma from the mantle.
B) an oceanic-oceanic plate collision.
C) a continental-oceanic plate collision.
D) activity along a mid-ocean ridge.
A
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1. A country with a 3% rate of growth for one hundred years would experience a 3% increase in population each century. 2. A drop in fertility means that fewer children are born each year. 3. Population momentum results in an almost immediate slowdown in population growth. 4. A sharp decline in population will mean a sharp decline in negative environmental impacts. 5. The world produces enough grain to feed each individual person a minimum diet of 2,000 calories per day. 2,923 calories are produced, but currently 37-40% goes to feed livestock.
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The oxygen, O2, and hydrogen sulfide, H2S, molecules are about the same size, and they also have about the same degree of polarity. This helps to explain why
A. cells absorb H2S just as easily as they absorb O2. B. H2S is such a smelly compound, while O2 has no smell. C. the body survives when breathing H2S just about as well as it does when breathing O2. D. the Earth's ancient atmosphere was once abundant with H2S.
The Principle of Constant Proportions states that ________
A) ocean salinity varies as a function of season B) ocean salinity varies with geographical location C) the percentage of chloride varies with geographical location D) the percentage of sodium varies with ocean depth E) the relative concentrations of the major ions in seawater does not change