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Which relatively flat feature of the ocean floor is in the open ocean and borders the continental shelf?

abyssal plain

mid-ocean ridge

continental slope

deep-ocean trench

Which causes a sea breeze?

Air temperatures are cooler than normal.

Air flows from the poles toward the equator.

Air blows over long distances at different speeds.

Air above land warms quicker than air over water.

Which statement describes divergent boundaries?

Divergent boundaries are found only on land.

Subduction occurs at divergent boundaries.

Plates move toward each other at divergent boundaries.

Magma flows from cracks in the crust at divergent boundaries.

Which process involves wind moving loose sediment?

abrasion

deflation

impact

plucking

Which describes an effect that ocean currents have on short-term climate change?

Ocean currents increase the strength of prevailing winds, which can cool the air and land.

Ocean currents can carry cold water, which can cool the air and land.

Ocean currents increase hurricane activity, which can raise the temperature of the air and land.

Ocean currents carry cold water, which may not affect hurricane activity and lower the temperature of the air and land.

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