Question

Why don't volcanic arcs form at transform plate boundaries?(1 point)

Responses

Plates that pull away from each other produce earthquakes but not volcanoes.
Plates that pull away from each other produce earthquakes but not volcanoes.

Plates sliding past each other do not produce large pools of rising magma.
Plates sliding past each other do not produce large pools of rising magma.

Plates sliding past each other destroy all landforms at their edges.
Plates sliding past each other destroy all landforms at their edges.

Plates that push together don't form volcanoes.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

Plates that push together do form volcanoes, but at subduction zones, where one plate is forced beneath the other. Transform plate boundaries, where plates slide past each other horizontally, do not have the necessary conditions for the formation of volcanic arcs.