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What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?

transform boundary


Types of plate boundaries?

The three main types of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries (plates move apart), convergent boundaries (plates move toward each other), and transform boundaries (plates slide past each other horizontally). At divergent boundaries, new crust is formed as magma rises to the surface, while at convergent boundaries, crust is destroyed as one plate is subducted beneath another. Transform boundaries are characterized by earthquakes as the plates grind past each other.


Where are the most transform plate boundaries found?

Asia and Japan


What are the 4 plates in plate boundaries?

The Are Seven Primary Plates, so there cannot be only Five Boundaries, I know the tectonic Plates are The 1. African Plate 2. Antarctic Plate 3. Eurasian Plate 4. Indo-Australian Plate 5. North American Plate 6. Pacific Plate 7. South American Plate There Are Three Basic types of boundary; Divergent, Convergent and Transform boundaries Hopefull somebody can tell you all their names of the boundaires between them because these different Plates will me touching two or More Plates hence a lot of different boundaries


What geologic processes and or phenomena is not found at transform plate boundaries?

At transform plate boundaries, processes like subduction and seafloor spreading do not occur. Instead, these boundaries are characterized by the sliding past of two tectonic plates horizontally. There is no creation or destruction of crust at transform boundaries, only sideways movement.

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What types of boundaries are there?

There are divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.


What are the four plate boundaries?

The four types of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries (plates moving apart), convergent boundaries (plates moving together), transform boundaries (plates sliding past each other), and subduction zones (one plate sinking beneath another).


What are the tree types of plate boundaries?

Plate boundaries are places where two tectonic plates meet. There are three major types of plate boundaries. These are divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.


What type of movement occurs at plate boundaries?

Convergent,Divergent, and Transform Boundaries


What are the 3 types of plate boundarys?

divergent plate boundary- a boundary where two plates move apart from each other. convergent plate boundary- a boundary where two plates move towards each other so that one plate can sink beneath the other. transform plate boundary- a boundary where one plate slips along side another plate.


What are the three types plate boundaries?

Three types of plate boundaries are spreading boundaries, colliding boundaries, and sliding boundaries. um actually they are divergent, convergent, and transform


What is the name of the plate boundary that slides past each other?

transform boundary


Types of plate boundaries?

The three main types of plate boundaries are divergent boundaries (plates move apart), convergent boundaries (plates move toward each other), and transform boundaries (plates slide past each other horizontally). At divergent boundaries, new crust is formed as magma rises to the surface, while at convergent boundaries, crust is destroyed as one plate is subducted beneath another. Transform boundaries are characterized by earthquakes as the plates grind past each other.


Where are earhthquakes most likely to occur?

On tectonic plate boundaries. The transform boundaries. :P


What are the 3 kinds of plate boundaries?

Convergent divergent transform,


Where are the most transform plate boundaries found?

Asia and Japan


What are the types of boundaries found along the edges of earths plates?

convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, transform boundaries and plate boundaries