Author Question: Why are abyssal plains more extensive on the floor of the Atlantic than on the floor of the Pacific? ... (Read 69 times)

acc299 · **on:** Jul 14, 2018

Why are abyssal plains more extensive on the floor of the Atlantic than on the floor of the Pacific?

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The ________ cloud is confined to the middle height range.

A) cirrus
B) cirrostratus
C) nimbostratus
D) altostratus
E) cumulonimbus

mrphibs · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The floor of the Atlantic has the most extensive abyssal plains because it has few trenches to act as traps for sediment carried down the continental slope. The Pacific Ocean, by contrast, is completely surrounded by subduction zones and trenches.

Answer to Question 2

D