How do active and passive continental margins differ in terrane tectonics?

a. Passive margins may be underlain by granite.
b. Active margins may be underlain by granite.
c. Active margins grow faster.
d. Passive margins grow faster.
e. Active margins have a more diverse fauna


c

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A. occurs in an infinite variety of quantities. B. will interact with neighboring electric charges. C. is a whole-number multiple of the charge of one electron. D. can neither be created nor destroyed.

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