Question
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a long range of undersea volcanoes that lies on the boundary of the North American Plate and the Eurasian Plate, and between the South American Plate and the African Plate. The diagram below and to the right illustrates the pattern of changing magnetic polarity and the relative age of the bedrock that makes up the ocean floor on one side of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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What type of plate boundary exists between the South American Plate and the African Plate?
a
Transform
b
Divergent
c
Convergent
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What type of plate boundary exists between the South American Plate and the African Plate?
a
Transform
b
Divergent
c
Convergent
Answers
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The type of plate boundary that exists between the South American Plate and the African Plate is **b) Divergent**. This is where the two plates are moving away from each other, which is characteristic of mid-ocean ridges like the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.