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The San Andreas Fault is the boundary between two of Earth’s tectonic plates: the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. This boundary is a transform boundary. The Pacific Plate is moving to the north and west, while the North American Plate is moving to the south and east.
What type of stress is most likely to occur at this boundary?
A) shearing
B) syncline
C) tension
D) compression
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A) shearing
Transform boundaries involve plates sliding past each other, producing shear stress. Tension is associated with divergent boundaries and compression with convergent boundaries; a syncline is a type of fold, not a stress type.
Transform boundaries involve plates sliding past each other, producing shear stress. Tension is associated with divergent boundaries and compression with convergent boundaries; a syncline is a type of fold, not a stress type.
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