You Are Planning to Build a Swimming Pool in Your

question 72

Multiple Choice

You are planning to build a swimming pool in your backyard.How close can you get to the trees in your backyard without disturbing their root structure?

• A) all the way up to the trunk
• B) within a foot of the trunk
• C) up to the crown of the tree
• D) at least 4-5 times the diameter of the crown of the tree
• E) at least 10-20 times the diamter of the crown of the tree

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Definitions:

Magmatism

Geological processes related to the formation, movement, and solidification of magma or molten rock beneath or at the Earth's surface.

East Pacific Rise

A Mid-Oceanic Ridge in the eastern Pacific Ocean associated with a divergent tectonic plate boundary where new oceanic crust is formed through volcanic activity.

Accretionary Prism

A prism-shaped pile of rock and sediment detached from the upper part of a descending tectonic plate and adhered to the plate above it at a collision zone between tectonic plates.

Subduction Zone

The region where one tectonic plate moves under another, leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.