GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

TECTONICS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
At a ____ boundary, plates slide next to each other in opposite directions.
A
Convergent
B
Divergent
C
Transform
D
Proficiency
Explanation: 

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: -The third type of plate boundary is the transform fault, where plates slide past one another without the production or destruction of crust. Because rocks are cut and displaced by movement in opposite direction, rocks facing each other on two sides of the fault are typically of different type and age.

Detailed explanation-3: -The third type of plate boundary occurs where tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other. This is known as a transform plate boundary. As the plates rub against each other, huge stresses can cause portions of the rock to break, resulting in earthquakes. Places where these breaks occur are called faults.

Detailed explanation-4: -Divergent boundary-two plates are moving in opposite directions as in a mid-ocean ridge. 3. Transform boundary-two plates are sliding past each other as in the San Andreas fault of California. A transform boundary is like a tear in the Earth’s crust.

Detailed explanation-5: -The transform plate boundary is a broad zone forming as the Pacific Plate slides northwestward past the North American Plate.

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