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What would happen to a river delta if damming reduced the amount of sediment in the river?
 
  a) Nothing much would change because the water flows through the delta.
  b) The delta would stop growing.
  c) River water quality would improve.
  d) The delta would continue to grow as long as the river flows.
  e) The delta would erode and subside below sea level.

Question 2

Why is the average depth of the outer edge of the continental shelf (i.e., the shelf break) consistently at a depth of about 135 meters throughout the oceans?
 
  a) The continental shelf is part of the granitic continental crust
  b) The shelf break formed by plate warping
  c) The continents are modified by erosion of sediments
  d) Increase and decrease in sea level caused the shorelines to migrate and become either exposed or covered by the ocean
  e) All of the above



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Answer to Question 1

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