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Which layer is the rigid outer layer of the Earth?
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Inner Core
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Outer Core
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Mantle
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Crust
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Which layer of the earth is made of mostly solid metals?
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Inner Core
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Outer Core
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Mantle
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Crust
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Which layer of the earth is made of mostly liquid metals?
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Inner Core
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Outer Core
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Mantle
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Crust
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In which layer of the Earth do convection currents occur?
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Inner Core
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Outer Core
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Mantle
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Crust
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The movement of Earth's plates, known as Plate Tectonics, is caused by?
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Convection Currents
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Gravity
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This is still unknown
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Ocean Currents
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The lithosphere is made up of the Earth's crust. Which of the following statements is correct.
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The Earth is made up of continental crust and oceanic crust. Continental crust is more dense than oceanic crust.
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The Earth is made up of continental crust and oceanic crust. Oceanic crust is more dense than continental crust.
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The Earth is made up of continental crust and oceanic crust. Continental crust and oceanic crust are equally dense.
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The Earth is made up of many different types of crust. All types of crust have differing levels of density.
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This diagram represents which of the following?
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This diagram represents which of the following?
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This image is an example of which of the following?
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Mountains form from which of the following?
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Convergence of a continental plate and a continental plate
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Divergence of a continental plate and a continental plate
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Convergence of a continental plate and an oceanic plate
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Divergence of a continental plate and an oceanic plate
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What is occurring this diagram?
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The North American Plate is subducting under the Juan de Fuca Plate because continental crust is more dense
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The North American Plate is subducting under the Juan de Fuca Plate because oceanic crust is more dense
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The Juan de Fuca Plate is subducting under the North American Plate because oceanic crust is more dense
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The Juan de Fuca Plate is subducting under the North American Plate because continental crust is more dense
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What stages are occurring in this diagram?
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Two plates slide past each other allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes Metamorphic rock.
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Two plates converge allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes igneous rock.
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Two plates diverge allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes metamorphic rock.
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Two plates diverge allowing magma to rise and turn into lava. As lava cools it becomes igneous rock.
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The following diagram depicts a submarine canyon cutting into the continental shelf and continuing down the continental slope. All of the following are causes of submarine canyons, except
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They were carved out from rivers
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They were carved out from the erosion of sediments
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They were carved out from underwater avalanches of muddy water mixed with rocks and other debris
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They were carved out by diverging plate boundaries
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Underwater avalanches of muddy water mixed with rocks and other debris are called
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Submarine Canyons
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Turbidity Currents
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Trenches
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Whirlpools
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A continental margin is land, or continental crust, that has become overtaken by ocean waters. There are several parts to this area. In this diagram, letter A represents the
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Continental Rise
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Continental Shelf
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Abyssal Plain
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Continental Slope
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A continental margin is land or continental crust that has become overtaken by ocean waters. There are several parts to this area. In this diagram, letter E represents the
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Continental Shelf
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Continental Rise
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Abyssal Plain
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Shelf Break
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A continental margin is land or continental crust that has become overtaken by ocean waters. There are several parts to this area. In this diagram, letter D represents the
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Submarine Canyons
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Shelf Break
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Continental Rise
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Continental Shelf
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We can use sonar to study the ocean floor because
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We can't measure the depth
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We have detailed maps of the complete sea floor
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We know the speed of sound in water
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Satellites provide the rate of gravity
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Which one of the following water bodies is the largest ocean?
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Pacific Ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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Arctic Ocean
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Indian Ocean
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The measurement of ocean depths and the charting of the shape or topography of the ocean floor is
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Sonimetry
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None of these
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Oceanography
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Bathymetry
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The deepest parts of the ocean are long, narrow features known as deep-ocean...
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Ridges
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Rifts
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Trenches
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Canyons
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The most prominent features in the oceans, forming an almost continuous mountain range, are the...
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Canyons
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Trenches
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Ridges
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Rifts
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Seafloor sediments are classified based on their grain size and
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Age
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Composition
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Origin
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Shape
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Plankton remnants are an example of what type of ocean sediment?
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Lithogenous
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Biogenous
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Cosmogenous
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Hydrogenous
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Minerals or chemicals that dissolve in seawater, river runoff or hydrothermal vent water are examples of which type of ocean sediment?
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Hydrogenous
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Biogenous
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Cosmogenous
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Lithogenous
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Deep-ocean sediment that has more than 30% biogenic material is known as
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Sludge
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Ooze
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Decay
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Terrogenous
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Rivers flowing into the _____________ Ocean cover more land than those flowing into the ______________ Ocean. Therefore, the ____________ Ocean has more sediment than the ______________ Ocean.
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Pacific, Atlantic. Pacific Atlantic.
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Atlantic, Pacific. Pacific, Atlantic.
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Atlantic, Pacific. Atlantic, Pacific.
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Pacific, Atlantic. Atlantic, Pacific.
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Clay is the smallest ocean sediment.
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Ocean sediments can provide information on Earth’s pollution patterns.
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Rivers, wind, ice and other geologic processes erode and transport rocks and minerals into the sea. These sediments are called
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Lithogenous
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Cosmogenous
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Biogenous
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Hydrogenous
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Strong swimming consumers such as fish, turtles and whales are known as
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Nekton
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Decomposers
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Benthos
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Plankton
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Waters that occur near estuaries, where the river meets the sea, are generally considered
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Fresh Water
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Salt Water
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Brackish Water
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None of these
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Which ocean zone holds 90% of all marine organisms?
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Pelagic Zone
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Intertidal Zone
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Abyssal Zone
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Bathyl zone
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The sunlight zone ranges from 0-200 meters deep. What is the scientific name for this zone?
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Epipelagic Zone
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Mesopelagic Zone
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Bathypelagic Zone
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Hadopelagic Zone
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The Challenger Deep lies in the Mariana Trench. Within what oceanic zone does the Challenger Deep reside?
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Hadopelagic Zone
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Abyssopelagic Zone
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Bathypelagic Zone
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Epipelagic Zone
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The coldest, darkest oceanic zone with the least diverse marine life forms, is the
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Hadopelagic Zone
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Abyssopelagic Zone
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Mesopelagic Zone
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None of these
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All of the following are examples of benthos organisms, except
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Oysters
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Clams
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Squid
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Sea Anemones
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Why do most ocean organisms reside in Zone 1?
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It is euphotic
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It is aphotic
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It is disphotic
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None of these
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Nekton
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Plankton
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Benthos
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Decomposer
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What stages are occurring here?
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Atoll, active volcano, fringe reef, barrier reef
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Active volcano, atoll, fringe reef, barrier reef
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Active volcano, fringe reef, barrier reef, atoll
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Barrier reef, atoll, fringe reef, volcano
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Barrier reef
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Fringe reef
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Atoll
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Volcano
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The Hawaiian Islands are a chain of volcanic islands. These islands were most likely formed by
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Hot spots inside the Earth
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Gaseous explosions at subduction boundaries
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Earthquakes from converging boundaries
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There are currently no theories
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The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. The Ring of Fire...
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is a random circle of volcanoes with no known origin
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is a direct result of gases exploding inside the Earth's mantle until they caused cracks in the Earth's crust and burst through
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is a direct result of plate tectonics and the movement and collisions of crustal plates
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has resulted in many volatile explosions that have led to dangerously poor air quality
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What type of boundary lies between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate? (Use the map to guide you).
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Divergent
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Convergent
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Transform
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None of these
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What type of boundary lies between the continental portions of the Eurasian Plate and the African Plate? (Use the map to guide you).
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Convergent
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Divergent
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Transform
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None of these
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An island arc is created from
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a location on the Earth's surface that has experienced active volcanism for a long period of time
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coral reefs forming around an active volcano and the volcano slowly slipping back down into the ocean
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an underground explosion of magma that escapes through a crack
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hot, remelted material from a subducting slab that rises and leaks into the crust, forming a series of volcanoes
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The United States does not have any active volcanoes.
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Subduction zones occur at
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Divergent Boundaries
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Convergent Boundaries
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Transform Boundaries
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Randomly
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An active volcano can be dormant or erupting.
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Phytoplankton use sunlight to create food through the process of photosynthesis, therefore they are not dependent upon the ocean's upswells to bring them nutrients.