The Himalaya Mountains are an example of
a. an oceanic-continental convergent
plate boundary.
c. an oceanic-oceanic divergent plate
boundary.
b. a transform plate boundary. d. a continental-continental convergent
plate boundary
D
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A) Russian B) Korean C) Arabic D) French E) Chinese
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A. By the Blue Angels to endorse a product B. As standards for merchandising environmental products C. By advertising to sell products D. As excellent indicators of products that do not harm the environment E. By the Green Party to endorse a product
A small lithospheric block with characteristics quite different from those of surrounding rocks;
these features commonly were accreted to continents during orogenies:a. terranes d. continental rifts b. therapsids e. organic reefs c. subduction zones
The transformation of snow into glacial ice in Antarctica takes ________ than in midlatitude alpine glaciers because ________
A) less time; more snow fall in the polar regions each year slows the glacier formation process B) less time; there is more melting and refreezing in the midlatitudes and, therefore, it takes much longer there C) longer; the long summer days in Antarctica (up to 24-hours) results in more sunlight impeding the glacier development process D) longer; the dryness of the Antarctic climate and minimal snowfall as compared to wetter climates with constant snowfall