Three types of plate boundaries

What will be an ideal response?


1. Divergent (move apart): mantle upwelling, layers of oceanic crust creation of ocean basins
2. Convergent (move together): plates collide, often subduction
3. Transform (slide past each other): usually offset segments of ocean ridges, can also join up different combination of divergent and convergent boundaries

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a. first order b. second order c. third order d. trunk streams

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Oxygen-isotope analysis is a measurement technique that has been used in climate studies to determine the temperature of seawater by analyzing ____

a. whale bones b. sea weed c. beach sand d. tiny seashells of plankton e. seafloor basalt

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Submarine sonar systems can cause ____________ pollution that negatively affects whales and other organisms in the

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

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0715 UTC Convert the following time from UTC to the indicated U.S. time zones:

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