Question

Many people are excited to have beachfront property in Arizona due to the San Andreas fault causing California to break off from the United States and fall into the ocean describe why this statement is incorrect. Make sure to include


1 Compare and contrast the actual plate boundary movement and the incorrect plate boundary movement using the correct plate boundary names.


2 Explain what will actually happen to this location with millions of years of movement


3 What is the main cause of plate movement on Earth? Explain in detail

Answer 1

Answer:

Scientists now have a fairly good understanding of how the plates move and how such movements relate to earthquake activity. Most movement occurs along narrow zones between plates where the results of plate-tectonic forces are most evident.

There are four types of plate boundaries:

Divergent boundaries -- where new crust is generated as the plates pull away from each other.

Convergent boundaries -- where crust is destroyed as one plate dives under another.

Transform boundaries -- where crust is neither produced nor destroyed as the plates slide horizontally past each other.

Plate boundary zones -- broad belts in which boundaries are not well defined and the effects of plate interaction are unclear.