What is the source of energy used by primary producers living in the abyssal zone?
A) Sunlight
B) Sulfur compounds
C) Organic material falling from above
D) Primary producers cannot live in the abyssal zone.
B
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On this map of the south Atlantic, why is the midocean ridge in the center of the ocean?
A) Subduction is consuming seafloor beneath both adjacent continents.
B) Seafloor is added to both sides during seafloor spreading.
C) Subduction has occurred under one and then another of the adjacent continents.
D) Seafloor spreading has stopped in this area.
Atmospheric shortwaves tend to ____ when they approach a longwave trough and ____ when they approach a ridge
A) deepen; deepen B) deepen; weaken C) weaken; deepen D) weaken; weaken
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What will be an ideal response?