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The following plates are shown: North American, South American, Pacific. Arrows point in opposite directions at the boundary between the North American and Pacific plates.
What happens in the circled area?
A) creation of crust
B) process of subduction
C)information of volcanoes
D) occurrence of earthquakes
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D) occurrence of earthquakes.
The arrows show the North American and Pacific plates sliding past each other (a transform/strike‑slip boundary). This motion doesn’t create or subduct crust and rarely forms volcanoes, but it produces earthquakes as stress is released (e.g., the San Andreas Fault).
The arrows show the North American and Pacific plates sliding past each other (a transform/strike‑slip boundary). This motion doesn’t create or subduct crust and rarely forms volcanoes, but it produces earthquakes as stress is released (e.g., the San Andreas Fault).
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