_____ lie between the continental margins and the oceanic ridges
a. Spreading centers
b. Shelves
c. Slopes
d. Abyssal plains
e. Rises
d
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A) The common names are shorter and easier to pronounce. B) These compounds are encountered frequently. C) The common names are more widely known. D) all of the above
What is needed to calculate the speed and direction of tidal current while at sea?
a. The shape of the ocean basin below b. The magnitude of gravitational forces and inertia c. The position of the amphidromic point d. All of these choices
Rip currents:
a. move parallel to the shoreline. b. are fast moving swash. c. are caused by the motion of the combined Earth-moon system. d. are due to the centrifugal force of rotation. e. flow toward deep water from the nearshore zone.
Which of the following lists, in proper sequential order, the steps typically leading to the formation of clastic sedimentary rock?
A) compaction, erosion, cementation, sedimentation B) sedimentation, precipitation,cementation, erosion C) erosion, sedimentation, compaction, cementation D) erosion, compaction, cementation, sedimentation E) precipitation, settling, compaction, cementation