The region where air flows together and rises vertically as a result of intense solar heating is known as

a. Latitude Zone
b. Ozone Layer
c. ITCZ
d. Prime Meridian


c. ITCZ (intertropical convergence zone)

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A. rock dredge B. drilling ship C. submersible D. gravimeter E. echo sounder

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What will be an ideal response?

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what phrase does not fit

A. transform fault B. San Andreas Fault C. oceanic transform fault D. Mendocino Fracture Zone E. Mariana Trench

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