OBJECTIVE FORESTRY

FORESTRY

PLANT AND WOOD ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type of boundary plate can create earthquakes?
A
convergent
B
divergent
C
convergent with subduction
D
transform
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Shallow, low-magnitude earthquakes commonly occur at divergent plate boundaries. Earthquakes at divergent plate boundaries are distributed with predictable locations and depths. Earthquakes at divergent plate boundaries occur as new crust is created and other crust is pushed apart.

Detailed explanation-3: -Transform boundaries are created when tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally along strike-slip faults or transform faults. Strike-slip faults are large cracks or fractures in the Earth’s crust where the transform boundary movement occurs.

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