Which regulatory agency is responsible for protecting consumer interests, controlling competition, and creating consumer education programs?
(a)federal trade commission
(b)interstate commerce commission
(c)securities and exchange commission
(d)occupational safety and health administration

Which of the following is not a feature of the surface mining control and reclamation act? regulation of surface coal mines repayment of loss of benefits to ill mine workers restoration of lands to pre-mining conditions retroactivity return of land to original topography

If calculating interest by the previous balance method, purchases and payments during the month __ counted in calculation of interest. a. are b. are not c. must be d. are sometimes

1) earth's crust is made up of relatively rigid plates that ride atop earth's hot, semiliquid mantle. (2) the plates are called tectonic because they're in constant motion. (3) they can move because earth's mantle is a very hot and semiliquid fluid called magma. (4) volcanoes are a result of magma rising up or erupting through a plate, particularly where plate boundaries are moving against each other. (5) also, when plates slide against each other, causing friction along adjacent plate boundaries, earthquakes frequently occur. (6) therefore, we often find volcanoes and earthquakes along plate boundaries. (7) plates may also collide. (8) when that happens, mountain ranges are formed. (9) for example, the collision of the plate carrying the indian subcontinent created the himalayan mountains when it collided with the asian plate. 2. which sentence in this passage introduces a new topic that might begin a new paragraph? a. sentence 5 b. sentence 4 c. sentence 7 d. sentence 6