Transform Plate Boundaries

The San Andreas Fault in California is a...

• Convergent Plate Boundary

• Divergent Plate Boundary

• Transform Plate Boundary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

How do plates interact at a transform plate boundary?

• Plates collide

• Plates pull apart

• Plates slide past one another

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What 2 plates interact at the San Andreas Fault?

• Pacific and Eurasian

• North American and South American

• Pacific and Indian-Australian

• North American and Pacific

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

What seismic activity is found at a transform plate boundary?

• Trenches

• Subduction

• Volcanoes

• Earthquakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

True or False: Transform plate boundaries produce shallow, but strong earthquakes

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The San Andreas Fault is the boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. What direction is the North American Plate traveling?

(Use your ESRT page 5)

• Southeast

• Northwest

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The San Andreas Fault is the boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate. What direction is the Pacific Plate traveling?

(Use your ESRT page 5)

• Southeast

• Northwest

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

The island of Hispaniola (Haiti) gets a huge number of shallow but powerful earthquakes. Based on the image posted, what type of plate boundary does Hispaniola sit on?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Why are there no volcanoes at transform boundaries?

• Plate movement is at the surface

• There is no subduction to cause a plate to melt

• There is no magma at this plate boundary

• All of these are reasons

What type of plate boundary produced the Christchurch Earthquake in the image?

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2