Which of the following BEST summarizes the duties and responsibilities of the Department of the Interior? A.
to protect our natural resources, administer the national parks system, and enforce federal tribal laws through the Bureau of Indian Affairs
B.
in charge of food safety, meat and plant production for human consumption, and developing and exploring new technologies in farming, pesticides, ranching and agricultural production
C.
to manage our country’s finances, help in setting the interest rates on loans, help enforce identity protection laws, and oversee the credit industry
D.
to foster positive relationships with other countries while promoting the ideals of freedom, democracy, and personal choice

a) to protect our natural resources, administer the natural parks systems, and enforce federal tribal laws through the bureau of indian affairs

Explanation:

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the earth’s crust is broken into separate pieces called tectonic plates (fig. 7.14). recall that the crust is the solid, rocky, outer shell of the planet. it is composed of two distinctly different types of material: the less-dense continental crust and the more-dense oceanic crust. both types of crust rest atop solid, upper mantle material. the upper mantle, in turn, floats on a denser layer of lower mantle that is much like thick molten tar.

each tectonic plate is free-floating and can move independently. earthquakes and volcanoes are the direct result of the movement of tectonic plates at fault lines. the term fault is used to describe the boundary between tectonic plates. most of the earthquakes and volcanoes around the pacific ocean basin—a pattern known as the “ring of fire”—are due to the movement of tectonic plates in this region. other observable results of short-term plate movement include the gradual widening of the great rift lakes in eastern africa and the rising of the himalayan mountain range. the motion of plates can be described in four general patterns:

collision: when two continental plates are shoved together

subduction: when one plate plunges beneath another (fig. 7.15)

spreading: when two plates are pushed apart (fig. 7.15)

transform faulting: when two plates slide past each other (fig. 7.15)