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jjjetplane

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Describe the different methods of heat transfer.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

________ are sites of upwelling of magma from the mantle independent of plate boundaries.
 
  A) Hot spots
  B) Subduction zones
  C) Transform faults
  D) Mid-ocean ridges



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Answer to Question 1

Answers should include radiation (transfer of heat in electromagnetic waves), conduction (molecule-to-molecule transfer), convection (heat transfer via mixing), advection (horizontal mixing), and latent heat transfer (energy absorbed or released via state change).

Answer to Question 2

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