Agatha christie was a widely read writer of mysteries.

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Which courtroom participant is james in the given scenario? josh, the accused, is undergoing a criminal trial. mr. kent, josh’s neighbor and college professor, has been called upon to vouch for josh’s good conduct, academic performance, and likeable behavior. mr. kent is thus playing the role of a in the courtroom.

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

The color contrast between the open ocean and the lagoon between the spit and the mainland. the greater concentration of suspended sediments in the lagoon gives the waters a more turbid appearance. the source of sediment in the lagoon is (are) [(rivers and streams from the mainland) (wind-borne sediment from the spit) (ocean waves washing over the spit) (all of these contribute)].