The walls and floors of trenches lie in the ____________ zone. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s)


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A) decreased; cooling B) increased; cooling C) decreased; warming D) increased; warming E) decreased; rapid heating

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How are oozes different from abyssal clays?

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How might a Near Earth Object change the climate?

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