What tectonic feature surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean? [LO: 3] mid-oceanic r

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What tectonic feature surrounds most of the Pacific Ocean? [LO: 3] mid-oceanic ridges passive margin continental rifts suture zones subduction zones Write a brief paragraph the answers the following: Plate tectonics tells us that the tectonic plates and their boundaries will continue to change, just as they have in the geologic past. What is the likely scenario for the east coast of North America--what is the nature of this boundary at present, and how will it likely change in the future? [LO: 4/5]

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The answer of question 9 will be subduction zone.

Question 10. The North American plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America, Greenland, Cuba, the Bahamas, extreme northeastern Asia, and parts of Iceland and the Azores. 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 180Ma ago, opening the North Atlantic Ocean. Evidence of Mesozoic juvenile crust formation in New England can be correlated with the event.

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