The figure below shows all earthquake epicenters from 1970 to present from a region in the Pacific Ocean. What conclusion can we draw from the earthquake pattern shown below? A) This is a divergent plate boundary B) The alien ships that were buried beneath the ocean millenia ago are slowly making their way to the surface. C) This marks the location of an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary D) There is a transform plate boundary trending roughly north to south.
The figure below shows all earthquake epicenters from 1970 to present from a region in the Pacific Ocean. What conclusion can we draw from the earthquake pattern shown below? A) This is a divergent plate boundary B) The alien ships that were buried beneath the ocean millenia ago are slowly making their way to the surface. C) This marks the location of an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary D) There is a transform plate boundary trending roughly north to south.
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9) The figure below shows all earthquake epicenters from 1970 to present from a region in the Pacific Ocean. What conclusion can we draw from the earthquake pattern shown below?
A) This is a divergent plate boundary
B) The alien ships that were buried beneath the ocean millenia ago are slowly making their way to the surface.
C) This marks the location of an oceanic-oceanic convergent plate boundary
D) There is a transform plate boundary trending roughly north to south.
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9 8 7 6 54 321
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