The mantle i think sorry if i am wrong
It's not a hypothesis because it's asking a question for example a hypothesis is a statement supported by evidence so for example "my hypothesis would be the temperature does affect the cohesion of water to penny because of this and that"
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Answer;
C. Poor farming techniques that killed the soil were combined with drought.
Explanation;
-The Dust Bowl was caused by several economic and agricultural factors, including federal land policies, changes in regional weather, farm economics and other cultural factors.
-After the Civil War, a series of federal land acts coaxed pioneers westward by incentivizing farming in the Great Plains.
Answer: Anywhere near water (rivers, downstreams, oceans, etc.)