Question

Read the scenario and then answer the question.

Elias is driving through the southwest part of the US on a road trip, and gets out of the car to go hiking. While hiking, he notes a very long channel running for miles in one direction. There are no distinct mountains nearby, and he is very far from the ocean. At lunch, the locals tell him there are lots of earthquakes in the area. He also thinks he sees an old road that used to cross the channel, but looks like it has been shifted apart somehow. He recalls what he learned about plate tectonics in class.

Given these clues, what type of plate boundary could Elias possibly be standing on or near?

transform
divergent
convergent
oceanic-oceanic

Answer 1

transform

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Elias could be standing on the transform boundary.

Answer: Option 1.

Step-by-step explanation:

Transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past one another. At change limits lithosphere is neither made nor devastated. Many change limits are found on the ocean bottom, where they associate fragments of veering mid-sea edges. California's San Andreas issue is a transform boundary.

Transform boundaries are regions where the Earth's plates move past one another, scouring along the edges. Every one of these three sorts of plate limit has its own specific kind of flaw (or break) along which movement happens. Transforms are strike-slip issues. There is no vertical movement—just horizontal.