The process of degrading or depleting resources that are publicly held or available to everyone (like air) is called the _______ of the commons.

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


tragedy

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Chinese make up about _______ percent of Southeast Asia's population.

A. 15 B. 12 C. 10 D. 7

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Which resource would most likely be formed in a humid environment?

a. evaporites b. red beds c. sand deposits d. coal e. diamonds

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Dry air is 78.08% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen and 0.93% argon with the 0.04% being other gases. If the atmospheric pressure is 760.0 torr, what is the partial pressure of oxygen in dry air?

A) 20.95 torr B) 159.2 torr C) 600.8 torr D) 760.0 torr

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