Volcanoes and earthquakes along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge are ____.
A) rare, but create catastrophic damage to island chains
B) rare, and do not threaten populations
C) common, and cause moderate coastal damage from storm surge
D) rare, but cause catastrophic coastal damage from tsunamis
E) common, and do not threaten populations
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Q17: The concept of isostacy explains why _.
Q18: A divergent boundary is responsible for rift
Q19: Convergent boundaries produce a relatively low number
Q20: Earthquakes are common along which types of
Q21: Wegener's hypothesis that continents move apart _.
Q23: When an oceanic plate collides with continental
Q24: Magma plumes _.
A)only create volcanoes on
Q25: Spreading centers on continental plates _.
A)spread
Q26: When an oceanic plate sinks in a
Q27: The _ includes the crust and portions
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