Gyres are the ________ patterns found in major oceans

A) Circular B) East-West C) North-South D) Deep water E) Northbound


Answer: A

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The proof for the long-doubted idea of drifting continents came in the form of the realization Earth is organized into ________

A) many areas of sedimentary rock B) the lithosphere and the hydrosphere C) mountains and valleys D) tectonic plates E) oceans and continents

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Banded iron formations are composed mainly of thinly layered silica and iron oxides. Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Organisms that live in estuaries like the one pictured below must be able to



A) survive for part of their life in a lentic system and the other part of their life in a lotic system.
B) tolerate a wide range of salinities.
C) survive in both the epipelagic and hadal zones.
D) derive energy when living near deep-sea thermal vents.

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Identify all of the types of plate boundaries that are associated with active volcanism.

A. Transform B. Continent-Continent Convergent C. Ocean-Continent Convergent D. Ocean-Ocean Convergent E. Divergent

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