Complete the defining features matrix by checking the box of the feature used to identify the boundary. Select all that apply for a transform plate boundary.

Complete the defining features matrix by checking the box of the feature used to identify the boundary. Select all that apply for a transform plate boundary. 

  • High heat flow
  • Youngest seafloor age
  • Shallow earthquakes (0-30 km deep)
  • Moderate depth earthquakes (30-300 km deep)
  • Deep earthquakes (300+ km deep)
  • Earthquakes get deeper in one direction
  • There is a trench
  • Seafloor get shallower
  • There are high mountains
  • There are volcanoes on land
  • There is an island arc of volcanoes
  • Plates move apart
  • Plates move together
  • Plates slide past one another


  • Shallow earthquakes (0-30 km deep)
  • Moderate depth earthquakes (30-300 km deep)
  • Plates slide past one another

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