The Modern- Day Red Sea Is Explained by Plate Tectonics

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Multiple Choice

The modern- day Red Sea is explained by plate tectonics theory because it is _______.

• A)a tiny remnant of a once immense ocean that was closed as Africa moved Asia
• B)a rift zone that may eventually open into a major ocean if Arabia and Africa continue to separate
• C)the site of a transform fault along which Arabia is moving away from Africa
• D)a rare example of a two- continent subduction zone where the African continental plate is sinking under the Arabian continental plate

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