EARTH SCIENCE
TECTONICS
Question
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What kind of plate boundary occurs where two plates grind past each other without destroying or producinglithosphere?
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convergent
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transform
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divergent
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None of the above
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Explanation:
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: - At a transform fault boundary, plates grind past each other without destroying the lithosphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -Transform Boundaries The San Andreas Fault in California is an example of a transform boundary, where two plates grind past each other along what are called strike-slip faults.
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