Children represent 24 percent of the population, but they comprise 34 percent<span> of all people in poverty.1 Among all children under 18 years of age, </span>45 percent<span> live in low-income families and approximately one in every five (</span>22 percent) live in poor families.
Answer:
a. short grasses and cacti
Explanation:
The semi-arid and arid areas in the western part of the United States are harsh environments, and only specialized plants for these conditions can survive. The climate is hot and dry, the precipitation very low, and the soil is poor. The plants that survive in these places have adapted well to survive with very little water, to manage to extract water from the air, to preserve it, and being able to sustain very high temperatures. The short grasses are the dominant plants int he semi arid regions. They do not require rich soil, nor lot of water, so they manage to survive on the bear minimum that is available. The trademark plants of the arid areas are the cacti. The cacti are able to store large amounts of water in them, have very long roots, are able to extract water from the air through their needles, and also have skin that doesn't allow any water to come out of it.
Answer:
The industry nowadays is shifting from the more developed countries to less developed countries.
Explanation:
A is not correct because the less developed countries didn't really have any industry to start with, let alone for it to shift to another place from them.
B is not correct because the industry has been moving with the process of globalization, thus it has been shifting for some time now to the global markets.
C is correct because the industry from the more developed countries has seen a great opportunity and potential for making more profit in the less developed countries, and the reason for that is cheaper labor force, cheaper materials, and lower taxes.
D is not correct because these two regions are pretty much on the same level when it comes to industry, so there wouldn't really make any sense that it shifts from one to another.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
It is because burning fossil fuels release sulfur dioxide which causes acid rain.
