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Which plates form a boundary with the African Plate? Check all that apply.

Pacific
Antarctic
Eurasian
Philippine
South American

Which plates form a boundary with the African Plate Check all that apply Pacific Antarctic Eurasian Philippine South American class=

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Answer:

Antarctic

Eurasian

South American

Explanation:

The African tectonic plate is one of the major tectonic plates. It is a continental tectonic plate. This plate borders five major plates and two minor plates.

The western part of its boundary is with the South American plate and the North American plate, separated by a divergent boundary.

The southern part has a convergent boundary with the Antarctic plate.

On the north, there are convergent boundaries with the Eurasian and Arabian plates.

On the east there convergent boundaries with the Indian and Australia plates.

It has to be taken in consideration though that the African plate is no longer a single entity, as it has a divergent boundary along it, splitting in two plates, the Nubian and the Somali plates. The Somali plate is moving eastward and it is expected to form a new continental landmass somewhere between 10 and 50 million years from now.

Answer:

Options (2), (3) and (5)

Explanation:

The plate boundaries are those boundaries along which two or more plates share a type of boundary. It usually forms 3 types of plate boundary-

(a) Divergent plate boundary

(b) Convergent plate boundary

(c) Transform plate boundary

In the given image, the African plate shares a boundary with the Eurasian plate in the north direction, Antarctic plate towards the south and South American plate in the west.

Thus, the correct answers are options (2), (3) and (5).