Multiple Choice
The landscape of the seafloor away from the continental margins could best be described as ____.
A) a single featureless plain
B) a smooth descent with the deepest portions farthest from land
C) similar in rock type, sediment thickness, and erosional processes to those found on the land
D) oceanic ridge systems and huge abyssal plains with hills, volcanoes, and trenches
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