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A scientific diagram illustrating and labeling the features of a passive continental margin on the left and an active continental margin on the right.

A scientific diagram illustrating and labeling the features of a passive continental margin on the left and an active continental margin on the right.

As plates meet along coastlines, they create continental margins. A. Draw a diagram of a passive continental margin. (2 points) B. Draw a diagram of an active continental margin. (2 points) C. Label the following as appropriate on each diagram: continental and oceanic crust, continental shelf, continental slope, ocean floor, shelf break, and trench. (6 points) See more