EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -When oceanic or continental plates slide past each other in opposite directions, or move in the same direction but at different speeds, a transform fault boundary is formed. No new crust is created or subducted, and no volcanoes form, but earthquakes occur along the fault.

Detailed explanation-2: -A transform plate boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other, horizontally. A well-known transform plate boundary is the San Andreas Fault, which is responsible for many of California’s earthquakes.

Detailed explanation-3: -A transform boundary causes a fault between two plates of the lithosphere, which will slide past one another. This motion does not create or destroy crust and will cause earthquakes, but no volcanoes.

Detailed explanation-4: -The transform plate boundary is a broad zone forming as the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate. It includes many lesser faults in addition to the San Andreas Fault.

Detailed explanation-5: -Transform boundaries on the continents include the San Andreas fault in California, the North Anatolian fault in Turkey, the Alpine fault in New Zealand, and, by some definitions, the Altyn Tagh and Red River faults in Asia.