Sylvia is designing a new shopping center to be built near a transform boundary. aware of the dangers of geologic activity along a transform boundary, what would be the best safety feature for sylvia’s design?
a. buildings with heat-resistant exteriors that can withstand high temperatures from erupting volcanoes.
b. shorter buildings designed with some flexibility, enabling them to move without falling apart during an earthquake.
c. taller buildings that are made of very rigid steel beams that are strong enough to withstand the effects of an earthquake.
d. taller buildings with very deep foundations that go past the transform boundary’s depth, anchoring them in the event of an earthquake.

The correct answer is (B)

Shorter buildings designed with some flexibility, enabling them to move without falling apart during an earthquake.

The explanation:

when the transform boundaries are places where plates slide sideways past each other. At transform boundaries lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed. Many transform boundaries are found on the sea floor, where they connect segments of diverging mid-ocean ridges.

example of a transform boundary on land is the Alpine Fault of New Zealand, and California's San Andreas fault is a transform boundary

so, this place hasn't erupting volcanoes but has only earthquake activities.

so the correct answer is (B) Shorter buildings designed with some flexibility, enabling them to move without falling apart during an earthquake.

B

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