Why is it important to understand the type of volcano mount rainier is and the patterns of activity at the nearest plate boundary?

Because if it is dormant and there is no activity around it then it is safe for people to live around it.

the cladogram shown here shows similarities and differences among several classes of vertebrates. anatomically, the four have limb structure as their common ancestor. we might separate the mammals from the other three classes because they a) divergent; do not lay eggs b) identical; are warm-blooded c) varied; a four chambered heart d) homologous; have mammary glands