Given a scientific question and its correct answer, generate supporting facts for the answer. This supporting fact can be an explanation for the answer to the given question.
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Question: Question: What do you call the gently sloped ocean floor nearest the edges of continents? Answer: continental shelf

Answer: The continental shelf is the ocean floor nearest the edges of continents. It has a a gentle slope. The water over the continental shelf is shallow.

Question: Question: A convergent plate boundary is created when two plates do what? Answer: come toward each other

Answer: When two plates come toward each other, they create a convergent plate boundary.

Question: Question: Comparing anatomy, and characterizing the similarities and differences, provides evidence of what process? Answer: evolution

Answer:
Take a close look at this gorilla hand. The similarities to a human hand are remarkable. Comparing anatomy, and characterizing the similarities and differences, provides evidence of evolution.