Many more earthquakes occur along the San Andreas Fault in California than in other parts of the United States. Scientists claim that these earthquakes are caused by activity along a transform plate boundary. Which evidence would best support this claim?

Subduction causes new crust to form.
Subduction causes old crust to be destroyed.
Plates slip past each other at the boundary.
Plates collide with each other at the boun

Evidence that these earthquakes occur along a transform plate boundary is that the plates slip past each other at the boundary.

Explanation:

The San Andreas Fault is one of the most active places on Earth when it comes to earthquakes. This fault runs through California in a roughly north-south direction and is the most problematic place in this part of the United States when it comes to earthquakes. Faults like this one form only at transform plate boundaries and that's the case in here as well.

The North American plate and the Juan de Fuca plate move in opposite directions, but they do not collide, instead, they slide past each other. By sliding past each other there is constant pressure along the boundary, resulting in cracking of the crust, both on the surface and deep inside. With the crust cracking, gaps open up, and the crust from above falls further down to fill it in, and by doing so enormous amount of energy is released, manifested through vibrations, better known as earthquakes.

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on december 11, 2001, china officially became the 143rd member of the

world trade organization (wto) in the culmination of a negotiation

process which began in 1986. economists have long been debating the

global effects of china's accession to the wto, and as china becomes

fully integrated into the organization over the next several years,

the accuracy of their predictions will be tested.

one of the biggest residual effects of china's entry to the wto,

according to economists, will be the relocation of manufacturing and

distribution centers to china. due to its cheap labor, cheap

industrial land, and educated workforce, china is an ideal production

centre for businesses based in outside countries. this will likely

result in a twofold impact – more jobs will be available in china,

while countries like india, which have historically offered cheap

labor, will suffer. taiwan and malaysia's technology industries are

already suffering as companies like dell computers move production to

china, and while foreign investment soars in china, other asian

countries suffer. in addition, mexico and the caribbean will lose

thousands of garment manufacturing jobs as the u.s. lifts restraints

on chinese textile imports.

while the impact on southeast asia may be negative, the western world

may benefit. while some suggest china's open borders will result in

increased competition and a decreased employment rate for the western

world, western countries will benefit from access to china's highly

developed electronics and industry sectors. with duties and quotas

slashed, and restrictions lifted, multinationals will benefit by

setting up distribution centers without the need for chinese

middlemen. in addition, it's expected that china will import massive

amounts of food products, machinery and vehicles from the u.s., japan,

hong kong, taiwan, singapore and south korea, thus providing

significant boosts to these countries' economies.

in conclusion, it seems that while western countries may benefit from

china's accession to the wto, there's the potential that asian and

south american countries may feel the pinch of free trade as china

moves to a global economy.

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