The area of crust directly above a rising mantle plume is a(n) ________
A) convergent plate boundary
B) Curie point
C) hot spot
D) asthenosphere
Answer: C
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a. renewable resource b. perpetual resource c. energy resource d. mineral resource e. nonrenewable resource
Within limestone bedrock undergoing dissolution
a. Stalactites/stalagmites b. Caves/stalactites c. Sinkholes/caves d. Stalagmites/stalactites
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The slide-past motions of long transform faults occur in all but which of the following?
A. Along the San Andreas Fault in California with its famous earthquakes B. In the northeastern Pacific as the Queen Charlotte fault, located near a sparsely populated region of Canada C. At the southwestern edge of the Pacific Ocean where the Alpine fault cuts across the South Island of New Zealand D. Where the Indian subcontinent touches Asia