The general term that describes subducted oceanic crusts that incorporate seawater and sediments is

A) sial. B) batholiths. C) sima. D) melt.


D

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A) divergent plate boundary B) convergent plate boundary C) segregating plate boundary D) subducting plate boundaries E) gondwana plate boundaries

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The exceptionally strong warming of the eastern Pacific is referred to as ________

A) Eastern Pacific Deep Water Warming B) La Niña C) the Coriolis effect D) El Niño E) Eastern Pacific Shallow Water Warming

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During times when precipitation exceeds potential evapotranspiration,

A. extra water goes into soil-water recharge if the soil is below field capacity. B. there cannot be a deficit. C. water may go into deep percolation into groundwater. D. All of these.

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For a region in the solar system relatively close to the protosun (near present-day Mercury, for example) what materials would you anticipate to condense during cooling?

What will be an ideal response?

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