Multiple choice

Which of the pairs of the tectonic plate sand and their locations is correct?

  1. Cocos plate: Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic plate

  2. Nazca plate: South American (with western Atlantic floor separated from the North American plate along the Caribbean islands) plate

  3. Caroline plate: North American (with western Atlantic floor separated from the South American plate along the Caribbean islands) plate

  4. Arabian plate: Saudi Arabia with the Eurasia and the adjacent oceanic plate

  5. Philippine plate: Between the Asiatic and Pacific plate
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E Correct answer
Explanation

Philippine plate lies between the Asiatic and Pacific plate. This is paired correctly with its location.

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