EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Convergent boundaries–where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another. Transform boundaries–where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -Transform plate boundaries, also known as conservative plate boundaries, occur where lithospheric plates slide past each other and where the crust is neither destroyed nor formed.

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. A transform boundary occurs when two tectonic plates move past one another.

Detailed explanation-4: -Transform boundaries exist between continental crust and oceanic crust. Many people believe that California subducts into the ocean, which is a misconception. The San Andreas fault in California is a large transform boundary between the continental North American Plate and the oceanic Pacific plate.