What is a typical characteristic of passive margins?

a. Volcanic activity
b. Coincide with plate boundaries
c. Narrow continental shelf
d. Broad continental shelf
e. Deep trenches


d

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What will be an ideal response?

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A) cracking luster B) cleavage C) habit D) streak

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According to this data depicting the climate limits of specific crops, corn, an important food crop, grows best in the ________ biome

A) taiga B) temperate forest C) tropical savanna D) tropical rain forest E) chaparral/grassland

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