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CORALGRILL2014

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The San Andreas fault
 
  A) stretches from the Gulf of California to Cape Mendocino, California, and separates the Pacific Plate from the North American Plate.
  B) accommodates all the motion between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
  C) is presently inactive.
  D) all of the above

Question 2

Convection in the mantle is caused primarily by
 
  A) heat moving from the crust to the core.
  B) conduction.
  C) gravity and temperature differences.
  D) friction of overlying lithosphere.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




CORALGRILL2014

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018
Excellent


ultraflyy23

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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