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plate interactions challenge
case 1: africa
what’s happening at the plate boundary where the african plate and the arabian plate meet?
plates are pushing toward each other.
plates are spreading apart.
plates are sliding past each other.
courtesy nasa goddard space flight center.
Brief Explanations
The African Plate and Arabian Plate meet at a divergent boundary (part of the Great Rift Valley system), where tectonic plates move apart. So the correct description is "Plates are spreading apart."
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Plates are spreading apart.