If you are of romanian descent, it might be easy to conceal that from people (outsiders wouldn't know it unless you told them), and in general you may never mention it. however, suppose you're at a job interview and your prospective boss mentions that she's romanian. suddenly, it becomes very useful for you to mention that you are too: now you have something in common! what term best describes this scenario?

The term that best describes this scenario is situational ethnicity.

Explanation:

A situational ethnicity is an ethnic identity that is particular to a social setting or context. It is an ethnic identity that is chosen for the moment based on the social setting or situation. Here one would choose to use one's ethnicity so as to use to one's advantage.

i am pretty sure it is d.

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)