Which of the following is thought to have enriched ocean floor sediments with rare-earth elements?

A) Clathrate formation
B) Deep-sea hotsprings
C) Groundwater leaching
D) Nodule and crust creation
E) Sea floor methane seeps


B

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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The 1969 National Environmental Policy Act

A. established the Environmental Protection Agency. B. designated federal agency procedures for rulemaking and enforcement. C. requires the U.S. federal government agencies to consider environmental consequences of the rules they make. D. addressed many ocean resources issues.

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This is a process in which a more powerful ethnic group forcibly removes a less powerful one in order to create an ethnically homogeneous region

A) Irredentism B) Ethnic cleansing C) Nationalism D) Jihad E) Centrifugalism

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