One Effective Strategy to Establish a Starting Point for Your

question 17

Multiple Choice

One effective strategy to establish a starting point for your research is to

• A) identify what you already know about the topic and what you need to learn.
• B) decide what information should be in the conclusion of your research report.
• C) read opinions by other experts in the field about the significance of your topic.
• D) list the types of supporting details that would best develop your topic of choice.

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Definitions:

Continental Plates

Large landmasses made of continental crust, floating on the viscous upper mantle of the Earth, and continually moving due to tectonic processes.

Mountain Ranges

Chains or clusters of mountains that are formed by tectonic plate interactions or volcanic activity.

Continental Collision

The process whereby two continental plates collide, leading to mountain building and seismic activity.

Subduction

The process by which one tectonic plate moves beneath another plate and sinks into the mantle due to gravitational forces.