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many geologic processes that shape earths features also store and release carbon. figure 1 shows some locations where these processes occur and the movement of earths tectonic plates.
figure 1: geologic processes
which statement best describes new crust formation near location z?
a. an oceanic plate is subducting under a continental plate.
b. an oceanic plate is diverging from another oceanic plate.
c. a continental plate is colliding with another continental plate.
d. a continental plate is sliding past another continental plate.
Identificar el proceso en la ubicación Z
La ubicación Z se encuentra en el fondo oceánico, donde las flechas de las placas tectónicas apuntan en direcciones opuestas (divergencia), permitiendo el ascenso de magma para formar nueva corteza oceánica.
Evaluar las opciones de respuesta
La opción B describe con precisión que una placa oceánica se está separando (divergiendo) de otra placa oceánica en esta dorsal centrooceánica.
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