Question

look at this photograph of a fault. notice how the right side appears lower that the left side. this happens when pieces of crust are pushed together. at which type of plate boundary does this occur? convergent boundary hot spot divergent boundary transform boundary

Explanation:

• Convergent boundary: Plates move towards each other. When crust pieces are pushed together (as described in the problem), this is characteristic of convergent boundaries.
• Hot spot: A stationary plume of hot magma in the mantle, not related to crust - piece pushing as described.
• Divergent boundary: Plates move apart, opposite of the "pushed together" scenario.
• Transform boundary: Plates slide past each other horizontally, not involving the vertical displacement (one side lower than the other) due to pushing together as in the problem.

Answer:

convergent boundary