Multiple Choice
The time needed for a typical atom in an oceanic plate to complete a plate-tectonic cycle is ____________.
A) about a hundred thousand years
B) about a million years
C) about 10 million years
D) in excess of 250 million years
E)
Material does not recycle via tectonic processes
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