The west coast of South America is a convergent boundary.

a. true
b. false


a. true

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a. fjord estuaries b. well-mixed estuaries c. salt wedge estuaries d. partially-mixed estuaries

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Most ________ rocks are devoid of fossils, which hinders correlation of rocks

A) Cenozoic B) Precambrian C) Mesozoic D) Mesozoic and Cenozoic E) Paleozoic

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At what type of plate boundary would you expect to find new oceanic crust being created?

A. transform B. convergent C. divergent D. transverse E. subduction Zone

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The cycle of erosion is also known as ________

A) floodplain theory B) equilibrium theory C) isostasy D) theory of crustal change and slope development E) the geomorphic cycle

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