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The book The History of Ocean Basins, which contained the idea of seafloor spreading, was written by geologist ________.
 
  A) Harry Hess
  B) Frederick Vine
  C) Alfred Wegener
  D) Drummond Matthews
  E) John Tuzo Wilson

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The first person we are aware of who determined the circumference of the Earth using trigonometry and the angle of sunlight at Alexandria, Egypt, was ________.
 
  A) Pytheas
  B) Eratosthenes
  C) Herodotus
  D) Seneca
  E) Ptolemy


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Reply #1 on: Aug 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

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Reply #2 on: Aug 22, 2018
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