<h2>Answer: Atoll</h2>
An atoll is an oceanic coral island, usually in the shape of a circular ring, which may be completely or partially closed. It is also called by this term to the set of several small islands that are part of a coral reef, with an interior lagoon that generally communicates with the sea.
Atolls are formed when a coral reef grows around an oceanic volcanic island, as the island sinks into the ocean and disappears underwater, the growth of the coral increases until reaching the sea level, where the action of the wind and the waves erode it and transform it into sand.
It should be noted that this process can take millions of years.
In this sense, the Maldives, an island country located in the Indian Ocean (southwest of Sri Lanka and a few kilometers from India), has these characteristics.
Its territory is organized in 26 atolls and as a country it is constituted by some 1200 islands.
Answer: sinking or rising
Explanation:
This band of bright clouds in the equatorial region is an indication of sinking or rising air. The band generally marks the locations where surface winds in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres blowing towards the equator meet. Called the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone), the band of cloudiness is characterized by the bright clouds indicating intense thunderstorm activity and by high rainfall rates. It roughly parallels the equator around the globe.
Answer:
The teacher is demonstrating a convergent plate boundary.
Explanation:
A is correct because this type of boundary is characterized by two or more plates moving toward each other and pressing each other, with the smaller ones gradually moving below the larger ones.
B is not correct because the earthquakes are a consequence of the plate boundaries and their activity.
C is not correct because the equator is simply an imagined line that is separating the northern and southern hemispheres.
D is not correct because the divergent plate boundaries are the ones where the plates are moving away from each other.
