8.2) The boundary between the African plate (A) and the American plate (B) is a diverging plate boundary. 8.3) The circles on plate A must be filled with arrows facing an eastward direction and the circles on plate B must be filled with arrows facing a westward direction to indicate the relative motion of the underlying lithosphere as plate A is moving in an eastward direction and plate B is moving in a westward direction. please explain why and add arrows to image that indicate direction. how are we able to identify this about the plates?
8.2) The boundary between the African plate (A) and the American plate (B) is a diverging plate boundary. 8.3) The circles on plate A must be filled with arrows facing an eastward direction and the circles on plate B must be filled with arrows facing a westward direction to indicate the relative motion of the underlying lithosphere as plate A is moving in an eastward direction and plate B is moving in a westward direction. please explain why and add arrows to image that indicate direction. how are we able to identify this about the plates?
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8.2) The boundary between the African plate (A) and the American plate (B) is a diverging plate boundary.
8.3) The circles on plate A must be filled with arrows facing an eastward direction and the circles on plate
B must be filled with arrows facing a westward direction to indicate the relative motion of the underlying lithosphere as plate A is moving in an eastward direction and plate B is moving in a westward direction.
please explain why and add arrows to image that indicate direction. how are we able to identify this about the plates?
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Step 1: Introduction to the topic
The given map consists of two tectonic plates they are African and American plates. The plate boundaries between them are divergent plate boundaries.
Plate A is moving eastward and plate B is moving westward.
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