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Tectonic plates forming a transform boundary may move only a few centimeters each year can even this small movement affect people and communities living near a transform boundary?
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When tectonic plates slide past each other, the movement may cause earthquakes, which might injure people or damage property in a community.
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What is the plate boundary of the san Andreas fault?
A transform boundary.
The blank is an example of a transform boundary?
Haiti is an example of a transform boundary, because the left side of Haiti (where Port Au Prince is located) is the boundary of a tectonic plate that is sliding past another tectonic plate going in the other direction (Transform boundary). Because of this, a lot of tension builds up between the two plates, until an earthquake occurs when they slide past each other. (Keep in mind that tectonic plates move very little, and it took Pangea 250 million years to become what we see the world as now).Think, today (this is recent news as of January 20, 2010) when you turn on the news you hear of the devastating effects of a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. This was because of the tectonic plates going in opposite directions against each other, i.e. the transform boundary!The most famous example is the San Andreas Fault in California.Transform boundaries -- where crust is neither produced nor .... one of the most visible and spectacular consequences of plate tectonics. ... However, a few occur on land, for example the San Andreas fault zone in California.
What force is present at a transform boundary?
Tension
How does the transform fault boundary occur?
when two plates are slide past one another an example is the san Andreas fault California which is the boundary between the north America and pacific plates
What does a Divergent Boundary do?
these create rift valleys
Tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?
Transform boundary
Is transform the tectonic plate boundary of mount Erebus?
no divergent boundary
What kind of plate tectonic causes earthquakes?
Transform boundary
What is the plate tectonic boundary type when plates move alongside each other?
Transform Boundary
Where are transform boundary found?
Transform boundaries occur where tectonic plates slide by each other. A famous transform boundary is located in California at the San Andreas Fault.
How do tectonic plates move at a transform boundary?
At transform boundaries, the plates move horizontal in relation to each other.
What is the name of the fault that slide each other?
transform fault boundary or transform plate boundary.Want more answers visit wikipedia: Tectonic plate boundary!
How do you use transform boundary in a sentence?
A transform boundary is the place at which two tectonic plates move past each other horizontally is called transform boundary.The San Andreas fault in California is a transform boundary.The most common place to find a transform boundary is the ocean floor.
The difference between a transform and convergent boundary?
Convergent Boundary is a result of two tectonic plates colliding. Divergent boundary is the process where to tectonic plates move away from each other. if two tectonic plates move away from each other (diverge), each will collide with another plate (converge) on the opposite side of the divergent boundary, forming a convergent boundary with another tectonic plate.
Which type of boundary produces earthquakes?
the answer to this question is a transform boundary. At a transform boundary plates slide past one another. Because tectonic plates have irregular edges, they grind and jerk as they slide, which produces earthquakes.
What is a consecutive plate boundary?
A consecutive plate boundary is where the tectonic plates meet. There are many types of boundaries, such as convergent, divergent, and transform.
The place where two tectonic plates slide past each other horizontally?
transform boundary
