Where do most shield volcanoes form—on the ocean floor or on the continents?

What will be an ideal response?


Most shield volcanoes form on the ocean floor.

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A. parasitism B. mutualism C. commensalism D. symbiosis E. symbiosis and commensalism

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Forest harvests that tend to maintain diversity include ________

A) clear cutting B) even-aged management C) varied uneven-aged management D) seed cuts E) both C and D

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What has contributed to the loss of polar bears in arctic areas?

A) the decline of lemmings; the primary food of the polar bear B) decline in sea ice C) hunting of the polar bear by the Inuit people D) fires in the taiga and tundra E) the tundra shifting northward

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