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the red sea rift is at a divergent boundary between the african plate and the arabian plate. the two plates have been diverging for 30 million years! as the plates diverge, new oceanic crust forms along the rift. eventually, the red sea may become a new ocean.
complete the sentence.
the red sea rift is the result of the african plate and the arabian plate ______ each other.
sticking to
moving toward
moving away from
The text states the Red Sea Rift is at a divergent boundary between the African Plate and Arabian Plate, and divergent boundaries involve plates moving away from each other. "Sticking to" is incorrect as plates don't stick in divergent boundaries. "Moving toward" is for convergent boundaries. So the correct phrase is "moving away from".
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