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Consider the following statements:

  1. The large supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago when all of the continents were together was called Pangaea.

  2. Mount St. Helen’s a part of the Cascade Range of volcanoes, result from the subduction of the Juan de Fuca plate.

  3. The Andes Mountains of South America are a result of divergent plate boundary.


Select the correct statement/statements using the codes given below:
Options:
A .  1, 2 and 3
B .  1 and 2
C .  None
D .  2 only
Answer: Option B
Answer: (b)
The Andes Mountains of South America are a result of a convergent plate boundary, also known as a destructive plate boundary.
It is an actively deforming region where two tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.

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