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Questions

As the Pacific plate moves under its coast, the ______ Island of New Zealand is getting larger?

If you travel from east to west across the Soviet Union, you will cross _____ time zones?

Sahara mean _______ in Arabic?

Every litre of water taken from the Red Sea would contain about _____ grams of salt?

Lighting strikes the Earth about ______ times a second?