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Tazate

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What is the definition of a turbidity current?
 
  A) Subsidence of the seafloor
  B) Fast-moving water created by density differences
  C) Submarine landslide
  D) Focused jet of water blasting across the shelf from a surface stream

Question 2

Which of the following will mark the furthest extent of a continent?
 
  A) The shoreline
  B) Tidal flats exposed during low tide
  C) The crest of the continental slope
  D) The lowest part of the continental slope


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kusterl

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Reply #1 on: Jul 16, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


Tazate

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Reply 2 on: Jul 16, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Excellent

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