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What plates slide past each other?

Tectonic plates slide past each other at transform plate boundaries. This movement can result in earthquakes as the plates grind against each other. Examples of transform plate boundaries include the San Andreas Fault in California and the Alpine Fault in New Zealand.


What is it called when plates are moving toward each other?

This is called a convergent boundary. A divergent boundary is when plate move away from each other, and a transform boundary is when plates slide past each other.


Where do earths plates slide past each each other?

In a divergent plate boundary


What is the name of the two plates that slide past each other rubbing against each other and creates earthquakes?

pacific and north American plate! San Andreas fault!


Where do earths's plates slide past each other?

In a divergent plate boundary


Why do tectonic plates slide underneath each other?

They move all the time due to convection streams. When they bump to each other a lot of tension occours. And when finally on or the other plate gives in the slide goes over or under the other plate. Did that answer to your guestion?


What slides past each other?

Tectonic plates slide past each other at transform plate boundaries, creating earthquakes. Ice sheets also slide past each other, causing friction and forming crevasses. Additionally, molecules in liquids and gases can slide past each other, leading to fluid motion.


What transforms at plate boundary?

At transform boundaries the plates slide past each other.


What do tectonic plates do at transform plate boundaries?

They slide past each other horizontally.


What is the other name for sliding plate boundary?

Transform Boundaries is the plates where plates slide past each other.


What is it called when the plates are moving toward each other?

When tectonic plates move toward each other, it is known as a convergent boundary. This movement can result in subduction, where one plate is forced beneath the other, or in the collision of two plates, leading to the formation of mountain ranges.


What are the three types of earth's plates?

The three types of Earth's plates are convergent plates, where two plates move towards each other; divergent plates, where two plates move away from each other; and transform plates, where two plates slide past each other horizontally.