Which of the following is an example showcasing what economics is?
a. trading a jar of peach preserves for a dozen chicken eggs at the local farmers market.
b. a college student trying to decide what major to achieve.
c. the government deciding to lower taxes in an attempt to stimulate people's spending.
d. all are considered examples.

Select the correct text in the passage. the moving continents affect all subsystems on earth. which sentence identifies a potentially negative consequence of shifting continents? the supercontinent pangaea began to break up about 175 million years ago. [during this process, more coastline was exposed as the landmasses separated]. [the rearrangement and displacement of these huge landmasses resulted in the diversity of plants and animals we see on earth today]. [the movement of the plates sometimes leads to earthquakes and tsunamis]. however, over the long course of earth's history, their effects are usually minimal. in oceans, the plate movements usually lead to seafloor spreading. [seafloor spreading often results in the formation of underwater ranges of mountains].

Lines of longitude are like stripes from the top of the globe down to the bottom virtually slicing the earth like an orange

5. there were nearly 1,000 pirate attacks between 1994 and 2005 off the coast of according to the international maritime bureau's annual piracy report for 2005.