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Teaching Earthquakes at transform plate boundaries

Earthquakes at transform plate boundaries

There are large, shallow focus earthquakes at transform plate boundaries; the San Andreas Fault Zone is the best known.

CK-12 (Middle School)

ESSENTIAL QUESTION:

What are transform plate boundaries and why do they produce many earthquakes?
STANDARDS:
MS-ESS3-2 - Natural Hazards, RST.2 - Main Ideas, RST.4 - Key Terms

DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE (DOK) LEVELS:

2,3
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