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    The Islands Bordering Deep-Sea Trenches Are
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The Islands Bordering Deep-Sea Trenches Are

Question 49

Question 49

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The islands bordering deep-sea trenches are .


A) also referred to as "black smokers"
B) accumulations of sediments on the margins of the trenches
C) formed from the activities of coral and other organisms
D) eruptive volcanoes called island arcs

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