The Place, or Zone, Where One Plate Descends Under Another

question 130

Short Answer

The place, or zone, where one plate descends under another plate and into the asthenosphere is called a(n) ______________ zone.

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Definitions:

Standard Error

A measure of the dispersion or variation of the sampling distribution of a statistic.

Level of Significance

The criterion used in statistical testing to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis, represented by a probability value (e.g., 0.05 or 5%).

Standard Error

A measure of the variability of a statistic from sample to sample, often used to quantify the accuracy of a sample mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, representing how spread out the values are from the mean.