The correct answer is Option C) The environments of Australia and Asia are completely different, despite their relative close proximity.
The naturalist and father of zoo - geography Alfred Russel Wallace noted a distinct difference in the fauna between several islands in the Malay Archipelago (present-day Indonesia). He used these differences to delineate the boundary between the Australian and Oriental biogeographic realms. The reason behind this difference is that the environments of Australia and Asia are completely different, despite they are in a very close proximity relatively.
<h3>Why is the environment of Australia and Asia different?</h3>
The Wallace line is a boundary line drawn by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace on the basis of difference in fauna in the year 1859 between Asia and Australia. The reason and the root cause behind this faunal distinction is that the ancient supercontinent named Gondwana was separated entirely from other parts of the world when Pangaea broke up. The current Australia and the smaller islands were a part of Gondwana and this is why their fauna is so different from that of South - East Asia, even if they are very close together relatively.
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<span>Tectonic Plates can't carry both ocean floor and continents on the same plate.</span>
Answer:
Option: b. their multiethnic empire proved far more stable than any of the Greeks
Explanation:
The Carthaginian empire formed with the collaboration of Phoenician colonies, which situated in the Northwest Africa region resulted in growing into a powerful empire. The Phoenician colonies grew to develop in the coastal region and controlled the Mediterranean sea for trading purposes.
The empire was built with multi-ethnic groups because of coastal cities, which allow people from different regions to settle here for trade including Hispanics, Celts, Italians, and native Sicilians, Africans, and Punics.
The correct answer is B. Lava flows, pyroclasts.
Explanation
A volcano is a mountain or hill that has an opening through which gaseous, liquid or solid materials can escape from the interior of the Earth. At the top of this cone, there is a concave formation called crater or chimney. When activity occurs in a volcano it is because it is erupting. Also, when it is erupting, the molten rock that comes from the Earth's mantle, known as magma, comes out. Once the magma comes to the surface, it loses the gases it contains because it evaporates, and when it drains the slopes of the cone it is known as lava, which flows from the top of the volcano. Finally, the waste expelled by a volcano through its crater during an eruption is known as pyroclasts. So, the correct answer is B. Lava flows, pyroclasts.
