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pane00

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Far-western North America contains a variety of fault bounded crustal blocks called ________ terranes.
 
  A) accreted
  B) island arc
  C) seamount
  D) ridge

Question 2

Read carefully through the following sentence, and decide which of the options is correct. Most mountain belts form near convergent plate boundaries where crust thickens by tensional shortening and by intrusion and crystallization of magma.
 
  A) The word tensional should be replaced by compressional.
  B) The word convergent  should be replaced by divergent.
  C) The word near should be replaced by far from.
  D) The word crust should be replaced by mantle.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A



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