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What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive continental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
Are the Appalachian mountains on an active plate edge?
No. There is no such thing as a passive plate edge. They are near a passive continental margin.
Which best explains the absence of volcanoes and earthquakes at a passive continental margin?
Earthquakes and volcanoes are rare due to the distance from any active boundaries.
Is the continental margin of fort Myers an active continental margin?
Yes
What is the flattest part of the continental margin?
Continental Slopes.
What does the passive continental margin have that the active margin does not?
Subduction. A subduction trench.
Is the west coast of Africa a passive or active continental margin?
Passive continental margin.
What are two structures you would find at a passive continental margin?
There are two structures that would be found at a passive continental margin. These structures are continental shelves and continental slopes.
What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive continental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
What does a active continental margin have that a passive margin does not?
Subduction. A subduction trench.
What is one structure you would find at an active continental margin that you would not find at a passive coninental margin?
On an active continental margin, you would be likely to find an active ocean trench. This structure would generally not occur at a passive continental margin.
What does a passive continental margin have which other margins lack?
A continental rise.
Which only has sediment buildup?
passive continental margin
A passive continental margin has a while an active margin does not.?
An active continental margin may have a trench.
Is a deep sea trench a feature of a passive continental margin?
no
Which South American continental margin is passive and not a plate boundary?
The eastern coast of South America is a passive margin, rather than a plate boundary.
Where are broad sediment covered continental shelves found in active pr passive margins?
passive margin
