transform fault
Transform motion is mostly horizontal. This topic is part of Earth Science within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 6 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
transform fault trivia questions
At a transform fault, two blocks of crust move mainly how?
Answer: Sideways past each other
Bonus fact: Transform motion is mostly horizontal.
Which famous California fault is a transform boundary?
Answer: San Andreas Fault
Bonus fact: The Pacific and North American plates slide past each other there.
Transform faults commonly produce what natural hazard?
Answer: Earthquakes
Bonus fact: Stress builds and releases as rocks suddenly slip.
Where are most transform faults found?
Answer: On the ocean floor
Bonus fact: USGS says oceanic transform faults commonly offset active spreading ridges.
Which boundary type has plates sliding past one another?
Answer: Transform
Bonus fact: Transform faults produce many earthquakes.
What happens to crust at most transform plate boundaries?
Answer: It is neither created nor destroyed
Bonus fact: Many transform faults occur on the seafloor and offset spreading ridges.