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What oceanic plate is located off the western coast of South America and shares its name with an ancient Peruvian people? | Nazca Plate | 100%
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This trench, north of the Japanese Island of Hokkaido shares its name with both a peninsula and an island chain. | Kuril-Kamchatka Trench | 80%
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Name this cold current that flows along the Southwestern coast of Africa. | Benguela Current | 60%
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This cold current flows from the Chukchi Peninsula in Russia, then down to the Kamchatka Peninsula. After parrelleling the Kuril Islands, it reaches Japan. Name this current. | Oyashio Current | 60%
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Name this trench in the South Pacific Ocean whose deepest point is known as Horizon Deep. | Tonga Trench | 60%
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This warm current flows from the Gulf of Aden, through the Mozambique channel and to South Africa. Its name is Portuguese for "Needles." Name this current. | Agulhas Current | 40%
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Name this undersea mountain chain that stretches from Hawaii and has its highest point at Mauna Kea. | Emperor Seamounts | 40%
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Name this trench that is caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Indo-Australian Plate and stretches from New Zealand. | Kermadec Trench | 20%
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This zone, in the Earth’s surface, is a long mountainous lineation on the North Pacific seafloor. The zone trends east-northeast for 1,900 miles (3,000 km) from latitude 28° N, longitude 155° W (north of the Hawaiian Islands) to the base of the continental slope off Los Angeles. Name this zone. | Murray Fracture Zone | 20%
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Name this current that parrallels Tasmania's Western Coast. | Zeehan Current | 20%
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