Iceland Is One of the Few Places in the World

question 39

Multiple Choice

Iceland is one of the few places in the world that is both above sea level and situated atop a ________ plate boundary.

• A)divergent
• B)convergent
• C)transform
• D)Iceland is not located at a plate boundary.

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Definitions:

Phalanges

The bones in the fingers and toes of the human body.

Metacarpals

The five long bones in the hand that connect the wrist bones to the bones of the fingers and thumb, forming the palm.

Phalanges

The skeletal components located in the digits of humans and other vertebrates.

Carpals

The eight small bones that make up the wrist that connect the hand to the forearm.