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c. in the mountains of africa
d. around the edge of the atlantic ocean?
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The answer is B.
The majority of the Pacific Ocean's edge is a fault line, meaning it shares a boundary with another tectonic plate. When two plates share a boundary, there tends to be seismic activity(earthquakes, volcanic formation, etc.).
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