The west coast is an active margin of the North American plate; from Northern California northward is
a convergent margin. The east coast is a passive margin. What will be an ideal response?
Because almost all of it occurs below sea level.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
All of the following are terrestrial planets except
A. Jupiter. B. Earth. C. Mars. D. Mercury.
How would Darwin explain the origin of over a dozen different species of finches on the Galapagos Islands, when it was thought that only one species was the original parent species for all?
What will be an ideal response?
The recent growth of Mongolia's economy can be attributed to
A. closer economic ties with the former Asian Tiger countries. B. a rise in the global demand for cashmere. C. the extraction and sale of valuable minerals. D. its shift from a nomadic to a settled culture.