A transform boundary is characterized by ________
A) two converging oceanic plates meeting head-on and piling up into a mid-ocean ridge
B) stratovolcanoes on the edge of a plate and shield volcanoes on the adjacent plate
C) a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate
D) a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions
D
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a. Spits b. Baymouth bar c. Tombolo d. All of the above e. both b and c
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A) bioengineering new combinations of wheat and rice. B) grafting together different plants into one new type of plant, such as a plant with tomatoes and sweet potato roots. C) thousands of plant species that occur only in the wild. D) our ability to identify and culture new types of animal pollinators.
Which of the following statements best describes P-waves?
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