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Which of the following is a term used to describe the place at which the continental crust ends and oceanic crust begins?

Abyssal plain
Continental shelf
Continental slope
Volcanic arc

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Answer:

Continental Slope

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The correct answer is the continental slope!

The Continental slope is actually part of the continental crust - at the very end of it. It meets the Continental Rise which is a part of the Oceanic Crust and which is slightly elevated over the usual height of the oceanic Crust.
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