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tuffie

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The direction of motion along a seafloor transform fault is ________.
 
  A) associated with turbidity currents
  B) in the same direction as the plates are spreading
  C) in the same direction as the ridge offset
  D) influenced by underwater boundary currents
  E) perpendicular to the direction of plate movement

Question 2

The type of marine sediment that forms the thickest deposits worldwide is ________.
 
  A) abyssal clay deposits
  B) manganese nodule deposits
  C) neritic, lithogenous sediment deposits
  D) neritic siliceous sediment deposits
  E) pelagic biogenous calcareous deposits



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

C





 

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