Identify the true statement.
choose one:
a. water from rivers or rain tends to stay in a layer above saltier water for quite a while before it mixes.
b. saltier water generally floats above fresher water.
c. the boundary between surface-water salinities and deep-water salinities is called the thermocline.
d. when seawater evaporates, salt is removed in the vapor, leaving behind fresher water.

Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows. image by mdf the map projection above was created using mathematical formulas to calculate distances. it has a small amount of distortion. which map projection is shown in this image? a. the goode projection b. the political projection c. the mercator projection d. the winkel tripel projectio

Data courtesy of the un development programme 2006-2008 and world bank 2009 the chart above compares measures of development using the hdi and gdp. why might turkey rank lower in the hdi indicator even though it has a high gdp? a. turkey has a lower gdp than comparable countries in the hdi ranking. b. turkey must increase its hdi to have a higher gdp ranking. c. turkey is only compared to other european countries in gdp, not to the world, as it is in the hdi. d. turkey may struggle to provide adequate education or health care, or it may have a lower life expectancy.

Which barrier to economic development is shown in the following examples? i. the high rate of hiv infection in underdeveloped nations ii. the use of children as soldiers in uganda’s army in the early 2000s iii. low literacy rates in underdeveloped nations with limited exposure to adequate education a. foreign debt b. political instability c. widespread disease d. low levels of social welfare