Geographically speaking, the most important currents ________

A) involve subsidence
B) involve upwelling
C) are caused by tides
D) are caused by underwater earthquakes
E) are the flows making up the oceans' general circulations


Answer: E

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a. holoplankton b. meroplankton c. zooplankton d. macroplankton

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