EARTH SCIENCE
EARTHQUAKES
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Question
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tectonic plates
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African Plate
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North American Plate
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South American Plate
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Detailed explanation-1: -The North American and Eurasian Plates are moving away from each other along the line of the Mid Atlantic Ridge. The Ridge extends into the South Atlantic Ocean between the South American and African Plates.
Detailed explanation-2: -America, you need to think of the N. American plate, which comprises both continental and oceanic lithosphere, and stretches from the Mid-Atlantic ridge in the East right across the western Atlantic ocean, and the whole of the N.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Crust” describes the outermost shell of a terrestrial planet. Earth’s crust is generally divided into older, thicker continental crust and younger, denser oceanic crust. The dynamic geology of Earth’s crust is informed by plate tectonics.