Asked by london

Modified from image courtesy of USGS

The map above shows the boundary between the South American plate and the African plate. The red arrow on each plate shows which direction the plate is moving relative to the other plate.

Which kind of tectonic plate boundary is this?
A.
subduction zone
B.
convergent boundary
C.
transform boundary
D.
divergent boundary

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
D. divergent boundary

The arrows show the plates moving away from each other (sea‑floor spreading). That is characteristic of a divergent (mid‑ocean ridge) boundary, not convergent, transform, or a subduction zone.