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a transform boundary is:
where 2 plates slide past each other,
happens at continental vs. oceanic plates
most famous example: The San Andreas Fault Line
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Do divergent boundaries have earthquakes?
Earthquakes can, and do, occur at divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.
What plate boundary is not associated with volcanic eruptions?
Transform boundaries do not produce volcanic activity.
Why do you find volcanoes at convergent and divergent boundaries but not at transform boundaries?
Convergent and divergent boundaries melt rock in the upper mantle while transform boundaries do not. Convergent boundaries that involve at least one oceanic plate form subduction zones, where an oceanic plate plunges into the mantle. Volatiles carried into the mantle lower the melting point of the rock there, allowing magma to form.At divergent boundaries the crust becomes thinner. This reduces pressure on the upper mantle, thus lowering melting points and generating magma.Transform boundaries have no such means of producing magma.
What type of plate boundary produces strong earthquakes?
Any type of plate boundary can cause an earthquake. That said, areas along convergent, divergent, and transform tectonic plate boundaries are the most likely places for earthquakes to occur.
Where do transform plate boundaries usually occur?
They occur near ocean ridges. (Information is from BCScience10)
Is a volcanic island transform?
No. Volcanoes do not form at transform boundaries. Volcanic islands can form at convergent boundaries and at hot spots.
What forms at transform boundaries?
they form earthquakes
What landforms form by transform boundaries?
It creates earthquakes
Where are two places where transform boundaries are?
two places where transform boundariesmay form are inm the ocean and on land
What are ways mountains can form along plate boundaries?
Transform, Divergent, and Convergent
What type of boundaries form where two plates slide past each other?
A Transform Boundary, such as the San Andreas Fault
What are three ways mountains can form along plate boundaries?
Transform, Divergent, and Convergent
What is the similarities between convergent divergent and transform boundaries?
they both form volcanoes and earthquakes
What are three ways mountains form along plate boundaries?
Transform, Divergent, and Convergent
Why are strik-slip faults common at transform boundaries?
They are common at transform boundaries because strike-slip faults move up and down like transform boundaries.
What landforms occur on transform boundaries?
Rocks can form rift valleys and mountains.
Where are transform boundaries?
Transform boundaries are locations where two plates slide past each other.
