Which best describes a transform plate boundary? a) a deep, vertical fault along

Question

Which best describes a transform plate boundary?

a)

a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide side to side to one another in opposite directions

b)

stratovolcanoes on one plate and shield volcanoes on the other

c)

a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate

d)

two, converging, oceanic plates meet head-on and pile up into a mid-ocean ridge

a deep, vertical fault along which two plates slide side to side to one another in opposite directions

b)

stratovolcanoes on one plate and shield volcanoes on the other

c)

a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate

d)

two, converging, oceanic plates meet head-on and pile up into a mid-ocean ridge

Explanation / Answer

Ans - (a) a deep vertical fault along which two plates slide side to side to one another in opposite direction (these faults neither create nor destroy liithosphere is a type of fault whose relative motion is predominantly horizontal in eithe a sinistral (left lateral) or dextral (right lateral) direction.

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