Multiple Choice
A guyot is ________.
A) any portion of the ocean floor that is topographically higher than surrounding sea floor
B) an extinct oceanic hot-spot volcano that has not yet subsided below sea level
C) an extinct oceanic hot-spot volcano that has subsided below sea level
D) synonymous with the term hot spot
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