Which statement is the most likely explanation for the lack of indigenous land animals on New Zealand and other Pacific islands?

What will be an ideal response?


The islands were never connected to Australia and New Guinea by a land bridge that would have allowed land animals to cross.

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What will be an ideal response?

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The total value of goods and services in a country, including foreign transactions, is its _____________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair of selections. Did the Little Ice Age occur during a period of HIGH or LOW sunspot activity?

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Which of the following accounts for the fact that reactions between ions in solution are usually very fast?

A) Ionic bonds are weak. B) No covalent bonds need to be broken for reaction to occur. C) Reactions between ions are endothermic. D) Reactions between ions are exothermic.

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