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How are the African Plate and the South American Plate moving relative to each other?
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Which tectonic plate is moving away from the North American Plate?
The Eurasian Plate & The African Plate.
What direction is the pacific plate moving relative to the north American plate?
north-northwest
Describe the relative motion between the north American plate and the pacific plate?
The Pacific Plate is currently being subducted under the North American Plate. Subduction zones are when one plate is being forced under another at a convergent boundary (where two plates collide). When the Pacific Plate is being subducted under the North American Plate, the crust of the Pacific Plate melts, and creates volcanoes along the edge of the North American Plate. So, the relative motion of the two plates is that they are converging, or moving together.This same process is happening at the South American and Nazca Plates.
What two plates are moving away from each other?
1. Pacific Plate and North American Plate 2. China Plate and Pacific Plate 3. Australian Plate and Pacific Plate 4. South American Plate and Nazca Plate 5. Eurasian Plate and African Plate 6. Eurasian Plate and Arabian Plate 7. Eurasian Plate and Australian PLATE 8. Scotia Plate and Antarctic Plate
What is the slowest moving tectonic plate?
Arabian and southern African plate.
What plates correspond to the midatlantic ridge?
it corresponds to the south american, african, north american, and eurasian plates
What minor plate is the largest?
South American plate
What are crystal plates?
African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Australian Plate, Eurasian Plate, North American Plate's American Plate, Pacific Plate
What are the crystal plates?
African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Australian Plate, Eurasian Plate, North American Plate's American Plate, Pacific Plate
What are the seven major lithospheric plates?
1. Pacific Plate2. North American plate3. South American Plate4.African Plate5. Eurasian plate6. Australian plateand last but not least7. Antarctic plate
Does the South American plate diverge from the African plate?
yes
Tha plate the nazca plate is moving toward?
The South American Plate.
