A Transform Plate Boundary Is Characterized By__________

question 57

Multiple Choice

A transform plate boundary is characterized by__________ .

• A) composite cone volcanoes on the edge of a plate and shield volcanoes on the adjacent plate
• B) a deep, vertical strike- slip fault along which two plates slide past one another in opposite directions
• C) a divergent boundary where the continental plate changes to an oceanic plate
• D) two, converging, oceanic plates meeting head- on and piling up into a mid- ocean ridge

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