How did the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) influence claims to the Spratly Islands by both The Philippines and Malaysia?

The diagram shows the positions of the sun, moon and earth during spring tides, when the high tides are at their highest and low tides at their lowest. what is it about these positions that causes these high and low tides?

You have been tasked with sorting the rock samples shown into three categories, with two rocks in each category. what attribute would you use to sort these rocks? which rocks would be in each category? rocks: obsidian, coquina limestone, granite, soapstone,pumice, and gneiss.

Many areas surrounding the caspian sea contain important a. rare minerals b. forestry resources c. gold and silver mines d. oil and natural gas fields