Vibrations in the ground that result from movement along plate boundaries are called

• A. Earthquake
• B. Fault
• C. Strike-Slip Fault
• D. Normal Fault

Answer: (A)

Vibrations in the ground that result from movement along plate boundaries are called earthquakes. When rocks at plate boundaries become stressed, they rupture and snap into a new arrangement, releasing energy as seismic waves that shake the ground. A fault is the crack where movement happens, not the shaking itself. Strike-slip faults and normal faults describe how blocks move relative to each other along that crack, but they are the structures that can host earthquakes, not the shaking event itself.