The transition zone from the exposed land to the ocean floor is called the
a. oceanic trench.
b. continental margin.
c. continental slope.
d. abyssal plain.
b. continental margin.
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A surface of erosion on metamorphic or igneous rocks below sedimentary rocks is a(n):
a. nonconformity. b. disconformity. c. angular unconformity. d. anticonformity. e. none of the above
A type of rock that forms directly from precipitates of hot water is called a(n)
A. hydrothermal rock. B. igneous rock. C. sedimentary rock.
The relationship between the map distance and the corresponding distance on the ground is known as the ________.
a. map quotient b. vector c. loxodrome d. azimuth e. scale
The dominant surface winds from the subtropics to higher latitudes are the
A) northeast trade winds. B) Hadley cells. C) polar easterlies. D) southeast trade winds. E) westerlies.