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A fault where plates slide past or over each other?
a transform boundary
What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?
When two plates move apart it forms a hole but new crust is formed.
When two tectonic plates slide past each other what happens to the crust of these plates?
When the plates slide past each other, it releases a shock wave, either a p-wave or an s-wave, and it spreads out in all directions. Sometimes it causes earthquakes.
When plates slide or grind past one each one another?
Earthquakes happend
This type of boundary forms when two plates slide horizontally past one another.?
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When plates slides past each other?
earthquake
What plates slide past each other?
A transformed plate margin is the plate that slides past each other
What happens when two plates slid past one another?
A transform fault is created.
What type of fault where each plate slides past each other?
When two plates slide past each other, this is called a transform fault. Earthquakes can occur when the plates scrape by. If the earthquake happens underwater, a tsunami may occur. (Like in Japan)
When 2 plates come in contact with one another what happens?
They can slide past each other, they can collide, or they can pull apart.
What is a Transform Fault Strike-Slip Boundary?
This is a plate boundary where two tectonic plates moves or slides horizontally past one another with little or no destruction or creation done to the crust.
Where does a earthquake start?
Where a tectonic plate slides past another.
What happens when two continental plates slide past each other?
Transform faults are caused by plates sliding past each other.
What happens at the boundaries of tectonic plates?
if it's a convergent (--> <--) boundary, one plate slides under another and usually forms volcanoes or trenches divergent (<-- -->) forms a ridge where new crust forms transform is when two plates slide past each other, and it causes earthquakes
What happens when the oceanic plate moves to the side and the oceanic plate slides past the continental plate?
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What happens when plates scrape and slide past each other?
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A fault where plates slide past or over each other?
a transform boundary
