The San Andreas fault
A) stretches from the Gulf of California to Cape Mendocino, California, and separates the Pacific Plate from the North American Plate.
B) accommodates all the motion between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate.
C) is presently inactive.
D) all of the above
Answer: A
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