Suppose you have equal amounts of three substances labeled a, b, and c. then you add 350 ml of water to each, and then wait so that each one has time to absorb all of the water that it can. 25 ml of surface water remains above substance a. 60 ml of surface water remains above substance b. no water remains above substance c. which of the substances has the greatest porosity?

Savings are transferred to businesses for investment through a) banks and financial institutions b) the federal government c) major corporations d) consumer purchases e) state and local governments

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. 2. which sentence in this passage introduces a new topic that might begin a new paragraph? a. sentence 5 b. sentence 4 c. sentence 7 d. sentence 6

Among the following environmental factors, which does not have a long-term impact on the composition of a region's soil? a. kinds of crops grown b. types of fungi present c. topography of the landscape d. variety of species of mammals e. number of freezes occurring annually