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New crust is formed at trenches and older crust is subducted at oceanic ridges.

In our Blinn College oceanography flex-online course, watching lectures is completely optional? 

The majority of ocean trenches are along the margins of which ocean?

Dammer Corporation needs to raise $2,200,000 to expand its business. To raise the money, the corporation plans to sell 5%, 10-year bonds at the face value of $2,200,000 on January 1 of the current year. Dammer Corporation currently has 120,000 shares of stock outstanding and will generate net income of $1,200,000 in the current year without respect to the expansion. The $2,200,000 from the bond sale is expected to generate additional income of $1,000,000 before interest and taxes for the current year. The income tax rate is 20%. What are the earnings per share for the current year after consideration of the sale of the bonds? (Round your final answer to the nearest cent.)

Extending from the base of the continental rises into the deep-ocean basins are flat depositional surfaces called:

Of the Hawaiian Island Chain, which island is the youngest in age?

The separation of the Earth into layers while it was molten was the result of the:

Synder Corporation signed a notes payable with Synergy Bank on June 1, 2020. The note provides that Synder Corporation must pay principal plus all accrued interest at 10%, compounded annually, on June 1, 2026. Assuming Synder Corporation originally borrowed $425,000 and has not made any payment on the note prior to the due date, how much must Synder Corporation pay to Synergy Bank on June 1, 2026, the due date of the note?  Use the appropriate equation to answer the question and round the answer to the nearest dollar.

Oceanographers who want to know about ocean structure beneath the sea floor use which of the following techniques?

The relatively young age of the seafloor supports the idea that subduction must take place.