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Consult the figure below.Which type of mineral resource do humans use in the greatest quantities?
Island Arc
A curved chain of volcanic islands located at a tectonic plate margin, typically formed above a subducting plate.
Mid-Ocean Ridge
An underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics, featuring peaks separated by valleys with a central rift valley that forms at divergent plate boundaries.
Subduction
A geologic process where one tectonic plate moves under another, sinking into the earth's mantle.
Caldera
A vast crater on a volcano, often resulting from a major eruption and subsequent collapse of the volcano's opening.
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