They do not include Latvia, Vanuatu, Thailand, Chile, Jamaica, Tajikistan, The Holy See, Lesotho, Suriname, Wales, Israel, Papua New Guinea; Kiribati, Sri Lanka, Norway, and a whole lot of others.
A storm is coming get an umbrella :)
Upwelling is the upward movement...
Answer:
Lithospheric plates are part of a planetary scale thermal convection system. The energy source for plate tectonics is Earth's internal heat while the forces moving the plates are the “ridge push” and “slab pull” gravity forces. It was once thought that mantle convection could drive plate motions.
Explanation:
Well first, you’d distribute 4(2x-5) and get 3 + 8x - 20 = 23
then you’d combine -20 and +3 and get -17, so you’d have -17 + 8x = 23
add 17 to both sides, leaving you with 8x = 40
divide 8 on both sides and you get x=5