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The mean center of population is the place where an imaginary, flat, weightless, and rigid map of the United States would balance perfectly if all residents were of equal weight. Historically, the movement of the center of population has reflected the expansion of the country, the settling of the frontier, waves of immigration and migration west and south. Since 1790, the center of population has moved steadily westward, angling to the southwest in recent decades.
SOURCE: Geography Division, "Centers of Population Computation for the United States 1950-2010," issued March 2011, available at www.census.gov/geo/www/2010census/centerpop2010/COP2010_documentation.pdf. Consulted for historical reference: Historical Atlas of the United States, National Geographic Society, 1988.
NOTE: The Proclamation Line of 1763 limited British settlement to areas east of the Appalachian Mountains. Alaska and Hawaii were not included in the calculation of the mean center of population until 1950. Puerto Rico was not included in any decade. For more information on the mean center of population, an animated map, and other resources. This graphic is adapted from the "Census Atlas of the United States" published by the Census Bureau in 2007.
Explanation:
Answer:
Layer D
Explanation:
The rock layer with remains of organisms least similar to present day form can be found in Layer D.
Since layer D is the oldest layer, it will contain the oldest fossil in the undisturbed sequence.
This is because of the principle of fossils and fauna succession.
The principle states that "fossils and fauna succeed on another in a definite order".
- Therefore, the oldest rock layer should contain the oldest fossil which is layer D.
- Layer A is the youngest layer and its fossils will be very similar to those of present day.
- So, the older a rock layer, the more farther it will be in resemblance to present day organisms.
Option D which denotes layer D is the right choice.
The answer is 3 because the lines are closer together thus making a steeper slope.
