Transform Boundaries

Transform Boundaries

Plates Slide/Tremble

Plate Tectonics

• Earth's Crust Broken Into Large Pieces of Rock

• Currents in Magma Cause Plates to Move

Faults

• Places Where Crust Can Move

• Plate Boundaries

• Other Cracks in the Crust Where Movement Can Happen

Multiple Choice

What type of plate boundary forms where plates slide past each other?

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

Multiple Choice

What causes the plates of Earth's crust to move?

• Currents in Magma

• People

• Powerful Machines

• Love

Multiple Choice

What is the name for any place where Earth's crust can move?

• plate

• fault

• trench

• ridge

Transform Boundary Landforms

• Strike-Slip Fault

• Earthquakes

Multiple Choice

What type of events are common at transform boundaries?

• trenches

• beaches

• earthquakes

Multiple Choice

Strike-slip faults can be found at transform boundaries.

• True

• False

San Andreas Fault (Video)

• California - Plate Boundary Between Pacific and North American Plates

• More than 10,000 Earthquakes a Year (usually too small to feel)

• The Longer the Plate is "Stuck", the More Pressure & Energy It Builds

Multiple Choice

What is the name of the large, visible transform fault in California?

• San Andreas

• Mid-Atlantic Ridge

• Subduction Zone

• Himalayas

Multiple Choice

Only 3 earthquakes happen each year along the San Andreas Fault.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

More pressure and energy will build up in a fault the longer the plates get "stuck" while they are trying to slide past each other.

• True

• False

Faults in Georgia

• Brevard Fault Zone (Blue Ridge Mountains to Marietta)

• Georgia Does Have Earthquakes (Usually Smaller Ones)

Multiple Choice

There is no possibility of earthquakes in Georgia.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Earthquakes are caused when rocks at faults move and release energy in the form of shaking.

• True

• False