Black Smoker Stacks or Columns Form as a Result of the Accumulation

question 20

Multiple Choice

Black smoker stacks or columns form as a result of the accumulation of:

• A)Deep-water animals.
• B)Lava.
• C)Biogenous sediments.
• D)Metallic-sulfide minerals reacting with seawater.
• E)Material released from the formation of trenches.

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