Question

As a result of shifting plates, such as the Caribbean and North American plates and the South American End of exam and Nazca plates, Latin America is prone to

A. volcanoes and tsunamis.
B. earthquakes and tsunamis.
C. volcanoes and earthquakes.
D. tsunamis and tornadoes.

Answer 1

The answer is C. volcanoes and earthquakes.

Answer 2

The correct answer is - C. volcanoes and earthquakes.

Latin America is a very active place, geologically speaking, and this is due to the multiple tectonic plates that interact in this region, such as the North American, Caribbean, Pacific, Cocos, South American, and Nazca tectonic plates. At the places where there's boundaries between the plates, the pressure, high temperatures, and magma from the mantle layer bellow, manage to rich the surface, and by doing that, they create a lot of unrest on the crust, creating volcanoes and earthquakes along the way.