Answer:
Volcanic materials ultimately break down and weather to form some of the most fertile soils on Earth, cultivation of which has produced abundant food and fostered civilizations. The internal heat associated with young volcanic systems has been harnessed to produce geothermal energy.
Surface mining. They use large trucks and shovels to extract the oil sands. Only 20% of all oil sands are close enough to the surface to be mined.
Answer: Slab Pull
Explanation:
Whilst I was unable to find the options for your question I believe the answer to be the Slab Pull.
Slab Pull refers to the force exerted by an oceanic plate sinking into the mantle.
The Slab Pull happens because the oceanic plate is colder and denser than the hotter mantle and this difference causes the plate sink further and as it does so it pulls the rest of the plate along with it in a process called Subduction. This is why the question called it a Subducting Plate.
I have attached a diagram showing the process.
Iron ore resource because it is the material of the steels and all its industrial products
Answer:
I believe you are talking about the Panama Canal, and if so...
Explanation:
The Panama Canal changed world transportation by cutting the length of traveling around South America from thousands of miles to 50 miles.