alleryStart learning →The San Andreas Fault marks the boundary between which two plates?
APacific and North American
BAfrican and Eurasian
CIndian and Australian
DNazca and South American
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Pacific and North American
1. A fault is a crack where two plates slide past each other.
2. The San Andreas Fault runs through California from the Gulf of California to the Pacific.
3. It separates the Pacific plate from the North American plate.
4. The African and Eurasian plates meet far away, and their collision raised the Alps.
_Source: OpenStax Astronomy (CC BY 4.0), section 8.2 Earth’s Crust_
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