Why does the Atlantic Ocean have the most extensive abyssal plains?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: The nearest tectonic boundary is hundreds of miles from the continents as well as the fact that there are few trenches to trap continental sediment.

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A) rising; cool B) sinking; cool C) rising; warm D) sinking; warm

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Bison grazing on grasses growing in a meadow represent

A) a consumer eating a producer. B) a predator eating a consumer. C) anaerobic metabolism. D) two producers exchanging energy.

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The 1994 Cairo Conference on Population and Development found that the greatest threats to the health of the environment were

A) poverty, development, and population growth. B) education and the overuse of modern medicine. C) agriculture and surface mining operations. D) trends toward urbanization.

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Dams formed by rockfalls are a hazard that must always be removed before failure

a. True b. False

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