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Mr3Hunna

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Earth's mantle is exposed on the ocean floor in great slabs of rock between widely-spaced volcanoes in ________.
 
  A) deep-ocean trenches
  B) oceanic ridges
  C) oceanic rises
  D) ultra-slow spreading centers
  E) volcanic arcs

Question 2

Isostatic adjustments are the result of the buoyancy of Earth's lithosphere as it floats on the ________ below which is denser and plastic like.
 
  A) asthenosphere
  B) mesosphere
  C) outer core
  D) inner core


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

D

Answer to Question 2

A


Mr3Hunna

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Reply 2 on: Aug 22, 2018
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Gracias!

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