The Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands represent the contested sovereignty between the countries of The People's Republic of China, the Republic of China (Taiwan), and Japan
Explain how the mandates of the Law of Sea are challenged with this type of international conflict.
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Will vary but should speak to overlapping territory that contradicts the mandates of the Law of the Sea.
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Which of the following are forms of indirect solar energy?
A. wind, hydropower, and biomass B. flowing water, geothermal energy, and vegetation C. geothermal energy, oil, and falling water D. vegetation, wind, and natural gas E. hydropower, geothermal energy, and oil
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: The movement of Earth's tectonic plates is responsible for the recent observable climate changes BECAUSE Earth's tectonic plates have not moved great distances.
What will be an ideal response?
Reefs that are separated from the mainland by lagoons are called:
a. barrier reefs b. fringing reefs c. atolls d. longshore bars
Introduced disease causing organisms are especially dangerous to new environments because they can destroy the non-native host. This happens because the disease causing organisms
A. Are specialists and destroy the individual organisms that have not developed resistance B. Have not evolved with this host to achieve the normal balance for long-term survival C. Do not have natural predators D. Are generalists and highly competitive E. Are opportunists and in order to survive must out compete all other species