Question

Which of the following best describes the action that is creating the rift valley in Africa?

the African plate is colliding with the Arabian plate

the African plate is spreading apart to form two separate plates

the Eurasian plate is converging with the African plate

the Eurasian and Arabian plates are diverging



What occurs along a convergent plate boundary?

earthquakes and volcanoes


earthquakes and hot spots


volcanoes and ridges


hot spots and ridges

The Andes mountains are found along the western coast of South America. What kind of plate boundary is responsible for this mountain range?

Answer 1

Hey buddy i know the answers. The answer for the first one is going to be B. This is because the rift is a narrow zone that is developing a divergent tectonic plate boundary. The second answer would be choice A. Earthquakes occur because the tectonic plates pull away. Volcano's occur because when the plates pull apart magma flows up. Hope this helped if it did let me know.