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How are the African Plate and the South American Plate moving relative to each other?
The African Plate and the South American Plate are moving away from each other due to the process of seafloor spreading at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. This divergent boundary causes magma to rise and create new oceanic crust, gradually pushing the two plates apart. As a result, the Atlantic Ocean is widening over geological time. This movement is part of the larger process of plate tectonics.
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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 plate boundary separates the North American plate from the African plate?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge separates the North American plate from the African plate. This ridge runs through the Atlantic Ocean and marks the boundary where the two plates are moving apart.
What Are Two Plates Moving Past Each Other?
The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of two plates moving past each other: the Pacific Plate is moving northwest relative to the North American Plate. This lateral motion along the fault line can cause earthquakes.
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 plates correspond to the midatlantic ridge?
it corresponds to the south american, african, north american, and eurasian plates
How many large plates onth earth?
There are seven large tectonic plates on Earth: the African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, North American Plate, Pacific Plate, and South American Plate. These plates make up the Earth's lithosphere and are constantly moving due to the process of plate tectonics.
What are the crystal plates?
African Plate, Antarctic Plate, Australian Plate, Eurasian Plate, North American Plate's American Plate, Pacific Plate
Does the South American plate diverge from the African plate?
yes
What are the ten major plates?
African PlateAntarctic PlateEurasian PlateIndo-Australian PlateNorth American PlatePacific PlateSouth American PlateJuan de Fuca PlateNazca PlateCaribbean Plate
Tha plate the nazca plate is moving toward?
The South American Plate.
