and transform boundaries. Explain why each of these boundaries has the particular observable phenomena the students have seen. 14. Have the students turn in their two annotated plate boundary maps.

The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely ... three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates ...

The San Andreas Fault is undoubtedly the most famous transform boundary in the world. To the west of the fault is the Pacific plate, which is moving northwest. To the east is the North American ...

A devastating earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale struck Myanmar on Friday, sending shockwaves across Southeast ...

which forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. These are known as Transform Faults. As the plates scrape past each other, pressure builds up and is ...

Four types of plate tectonic activity are demonstrated ... creating mountain ranges. A transform boundary occurs where two plates slide against each other. But rather than sliding smoothly ...

The other plate interaction is a transform boundary (strike-slip), where the plates slide past each other. Both of these plate interactions are known to generate earthquakes, as per Hazard ...