1- Which of the following statements about currents is correct? Currents can be

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1- Which of the following statements about currents is correct?

Currents can be wind-, or tidally-driven

Cross-shore currents include dangerous rip currents

Longshore currents are responsible for beach drif, or sand movement alongshore

All of the above

A hot body of rock is more likely to exhibit _________ than is a cold body of rock.

Ocean basins are created by _________.

Traveling through the rock layers just below Earth surface, _______ are responsible for most damage during earthquakes.

A __________ fault results from shear stress.

Subduction zones are marked by ______, large reverse faults are responsible for the largest earthquakes recorded in history.

1- Which of the following statements about currents is correct?

Longshore currents are responsible for beach drif, or sand movement alongshore

A hot body of rock is more likely to exhibit upward than is a cold body of rock.

Ocean basins are created by Mantle magmatic rocks.

Traveling through the rock layers just below Earth surface, lithosphere & asthenosphere are responsible for most damage during earthquakes.

A Transcurrent/ transform fault results from shear stress.

Subduction zones are marked by conservative boundary, large reverse faults are responsible for the largest earthquakes recorded in history.

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