Why does a Mercator projection exaggerates the areas of land masses near the poles?

The large connected urbane area from boston to washington, d.c. is often referred to as

Which of the following planets is classified as a terrestrial planet? a. neptune b. venus c. saturn d. jupiter

What did the pattern of earthquakes in the wadati-benioff seafloor zones show scientists? a.) earthquakes occur where the ocean floor reaches its highest temperatures. b.) many earthquakes take place 700 kilometers below the seafloor. c.) slabs of ocean floor return to the mantle in subduction zones. d.) ocean - trenches cause earthquakes.