GEOLOGY
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Either A or B
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Nazca Plate is moving eastwards, towards the South American Plate, at about 79mm per year.
Detailed explanation-2: -For example, one of the fastest moving plates is the Nazca Plate, just off the west coast of South America. It’s moving eastward at about 10 cm per year, which, when you think about it, is insanely fast.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Nazca and South American Plates are convergent because they move in opposite directions and colliding along the boundary between the two plates. The South American plate moves in a westward direction between 25 and 35 millimeters each year.
Detailed explanation-4: -There is a divergent boundary between the Nazca Plate and the Pacific Plate. This occurs at the western side of the Nazca Plate and the eastern side of the Pacific plate that forms the East Pacific Rise.