Many followers of Judaism live near blank rather than in the countryside

Towns and Cities.

Explanation:

Jews tend to live in towns or cities, in order to have a Jewish community for prayer, education and other Jewish Torah-purposes. However, Jewish law does not explicitly state where to live.

predicting long term climate trends reliably is much easier than predicting short term weather, owing to the different data sets used for each.

explanation:

c. seafloor spreading occurs.

d. crust becomes molten rock.

e. denser plates slide under lighter plates.