Why did the first Chinese cities develop on the North China Plain? O The North China Plain was protected from outside invasion.
O The river valleys throughout China were overcrowded with people.
O Freshwater rivers supplied wide-open and fertile farmlands.
O The Grand Canal was built to connect the North China Plain to other rivers.

In some zoos, rare crosses between a male lion and a female tiger have produced hybrid offspring called "ligers." male ligers are sterile but some female ligers are fertile. in the wild, lion and tiger ranges do not naturally overlap, making such a cross unlikely. furthermore, the solitary behavior of tigers and the social organizations of lions create behavioral differences. the production of sterile male ligers is an example of read the following scenario to answer the following question. in some zoos, rare crosses between a male lion and a female tiger have produced hybrid offspring called "ligers." male ligers are sterile but some female ligers are fertile. in the wild, lion and tiger ranges do not naturally overlap, making such a cross unlikely. furthermore, the solitary behavior of tigers and the social organizations of lions create behavioral differences. the production of sterile male ligers is an example of a postzygotic barrier the founder effect sympatric speciation a prezygotic barrier

Say a certain manufacturing industry has 63.1 thousand jobs in 2008, but is expected to decline at an average annual rate of 1.7 thousand jobs per year from 2008 to 2018. assuming this holds true, what will be this industry’s percent change from 2008 to 2018? a. 70% b. -27% c. -17% d. -75%

People are willing to pay more for a diamond than for a bottle of water because