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__**Plate Tectonics**__ By: Brandon Hatterer

__**Transform Boundaries**__

Transform Boundaries occur when two plates grind against each other along what are called strike-slip faults. One example of a Transform boundary is The San Andreas fault. The San Andreas fault connects the East Pacific Rise(A divergent boundary in the south), With the south Gorda--Juan de Fuca--Explorer ridge( Another divergent boundary in the north).The Haulting motion of the plates often triggers large earthquakes, such as the one in San Francisco in 1906. Most Transform faults are found on the ocean floor. Few of all Transform faults are found on land. __**Divergent Boundaries**__

Divergent Boundaries occur when magma rises and pushes two or more plates apart. When earth stretches the brittle rocks crack into blocks, and a gap opens as the earth spreads apart, and as time goes by Mountains and Volcanoes will rise along the seam.