Where Would Be the Most Likely Place to Find a Subtropical

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Multiple Choice

Where would be the most likely place to find a subtropical high?

• A) near the Equator
• B) above the polar front jet stream
• C) over the tropical continents
• D) over subtropical oceans
• E) at any of the above locations

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Definitions:

Lesser Antilles

A chain of smaller islands stretching from the Virgin Islands to Trinidad and Tobago, separating the Caribbean Sea from the Atlantic Ocean.

Subduction Zone

A region where one tectonic plate plunges beneath another into the earth's mantle, often generating earthquakes and volcanic activity.

Central Atlantic Ocean

The portion of the Atlantic Ocean located between North and South America to the west and Europe and Africa to the east.

Rifted Apart

Refers to areas where the Earth's crust has been stretched and broken, leading to the formation of rift valleys or the splitting of continents.