Question

Many more earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault in California than in other parts of the United States. Scientists claim that these earthquakes are caused by activity along a transform plate boundary.

Which evidence would best support this claim?

Subduction causes new crust to form.
Subduction causes old crust to be destroyed.
Plates slip past each other at the boundary.
Plates collide with each other at the boundary.

Answer 1

c

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Answer 2

The correct answer is C. Plates slip past each other at the boundary.

Explanation

A geological fault is a fracture in the Earth's crust, in which the rocky blocks that compose the crust move. Faults often occur in transform plate boundaries in which the two plates displace laterally with respect to the other plate, this means plates slip past each other. Evidence of this type of fault is in the United States, where the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco in California, United States, located on different plates of the San Andres fault move to different sides due to the transform plate boundary. In this way, the city of San Francisco moves to the East while Los Angeles moves to the West as the plates in which the cities are located slip past each other or move laterally. So, the correct answer is C. Plates slip past each other at the boundary.