Thermohaline circulation is the process whereby surface seawater becomes denser at high latitudes and sinks to form new deep water

a. true
b. false


Ans: b. false

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a. true b. false

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What is being depicted by this figure?

A. continent-continent convergence B. a boundary that is mostly a transform fault C. early stages of subduction D. continental collision E. early stages of seafloor spreading

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In a(n) ________ the erosional contact represents missing rock strata and separates sedimentary beds that are parallel.

A. disconformity B. nonconformity C. boundary layer D. basal conglomerate E. angular unconformity

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The _____________ provides paleontologists with a unique look at the soft-bodied organisms

that thrived in the Middle Cambrian. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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