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When plates rub against each other in any direction, it causes an earthquake.

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What do transform boundaries have in common with divergent boundaries?

Both transform boundaries and divergent boundaries involve movement of Earth's tectonic plates. However, transform boundaries involve plates sliding past each other horizontally, while divergent boundaries involve plates moving away from each other.


Where are transform boundaries?

Transform boundaries are locations where two plates slide past each other.


How do tectonic plates move at a transform boundary?

At transform boundaries, the plates move horizontal in relation to each other.


How are the movement of plates at divergent boundaries and at the transform boundaries similar?

The difference between transform and divergent boundaries is that transform boundaries occur when tectonic plates slide past each other, whereas at divergent boundaries they move away from each other. However in both cases the plates move horizontally (unlike at convergent boundaries where one plate may be pushed underneath another).


What are three ways plates can move in relation to one another?

Plates either move towards each other (convergent plates), away from each other (divergent plates) or slide next to each other (transform plates).


How are the movement of plates at divergent boundaries and transform boundaries similar?

Both divergent and transform boundaries involve the movement of tectonic plates. At divergent boundaries, plates move away from each other, leading to the formation of new crust. At transform boundaries, plates slide past each other horizontally, causing earthquakes along the boundary. Both types of boundaries are associated with plate movement and the interaction between tectonic plates.


What are the three ways boundaries interact?

convergent boundaries: plates move together divergent boundaries: plates move apart transform boundaries: plates move against each other


What are the 3 basic kinds of plate boundaries?

The three basic kinds of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries, where plates move apart; convergent boundaries, where plates come together; and transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other horizontally.


A plate where two plates slip past each other moving in opposite directions is known as a?

transform boundaries


What types of plate boundaries are There?

There are divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.


What type of natural disaster happens at a transform boundary?

Earthquakes commonly occur at transform boundaries. These boundaries are where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally, creating friction that eventually releases as seismic energy, causing earthquakes.


What happens when tectonic plates push against?

It could either cause Spreading boundaries (when the plates move apart), collision boundaries (Where one plate collides with the other forcing one underground- can cause volcano's, or transform boundaries (When plates scrape along side each other- causing Earthquakes.