The Region Controls What Portion of the World's Oil and Natural

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Multiple Choice

The region controls what portion of the world's oil and natural gas reserves?

• A) two-thirds
• B) one-fourth
• C) one-half
• D) four-fifths

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Definitions:

Multiple Proportions

This is a law stating that when two elements combine to form more than one compound, the masses of one element that combine with a fixed mass of the other are in a ratio of small whole numbers.

Different Ratios

Proportions or comparative quantities of elements or components in a mixture or compound.

Compound

A substance made up of two or more different elements chemically combined in fixed proportions.

Elements

Pure chemical substances consisting of a single type of atom, distinguished by their atomic number, which is the number of protons in their atomic nuclei.