Which statement about oil is not true?

a. an abundance of oil prevents alternative power technologies from being used.

b. an abundance of oil has allowed vehicle emissions to grow.

c. an abundance of oil allowed humans to concentrate on other power technologies.

d. an abundance of oil has made plastic products inexpensive.

true. earthquakes are felt whenever there is a slip around a fault in the rocks below the earth. this reorientation of faults create sesmic waves and is known as earthquake, the severity of which is measured in richter scale. these are more prominent in hilly regions as the rocks usually form faults to balance the pressures on it.

radiative zone

explanation    

radiative zone is the layer of the sun which energy is transferred away from the core by radiation. although, the core is the only part of the sun that produces an appreciable amount of heat through fusion. in fact, 99% of the energy produced by the sun takes place within 24% of the sun's radius.