Answer:
To the east, the North American plate shares the Mid-Atlantic Ridge with the Eurasian plate. This divergent margin, offset throughout by transform faults, began spreading approximately 180 Ma ago, opening the North Atlantic Ocean. Evidence of Mesozoic juvenile crust formation in New England can be correlated with the event.
Explanation:
The San Andreas transform boundary between the Pacific and North American plate originates from the shallow, oblique subduction by the North American plate of the Monterey microplate
The Monterey-Pacific ridge stopped spreading and Monterey accreted to the Pacific plate. As a result, the Pacific plate’s motion with respect to the North American rotated, transforming a network of shallow faults into dextral transform faults
Surface of the Earth: Most of the Earth's surface (70%) is covered with water, and the remaining 30% is taken up by the seven continental landmasses. However, underneath the water that fills the oceans, and the dirt and plants that cover the continents, the Earth's surface layer is made of rock.
Lithosphere provides us forests and grasslands for grazing land for agriculture and human settlements and also rich source of minerals. The lithosphere contains different types of rocks such as the igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, it helps to provide the necessary nutrients required to plants.
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Answer:
C. movement of the Earth’s plates
Explanation:
Volcanoes and earthquakes sometime occur in Canada's western ranges because of the movement of the Earth's plates.
- Plate tectonics is responsible for the volcanic activities which brings magma to surface from the asthenosphere.
- Also, earthquakes are products of plate tectonics.
- The differential movement caused sudden breakage of the plate and releases are sudden burst of energy.
