Question

read the passage and look at the picture.
the alpine fault runs the length of new zealand’s south island, marking a boundary between the pacific plate and the indo - australian plate. as the two plates slide past each other, the pacific plate is being pushed up higher than the indo - australian plate. so, the mountains above the pacific plate have higher elevations than the mountains above the indo - australian plate.
in the picture, you can see snow on the high mountains of the pacific plate. the indo - australian plate, which is at a lower elevation, has much less snow.
complete the sentence.
the alpine fault formed at a ______ boundary.
convergent divergent transform

Explanation:

The passage states the Pacific and Indo-Australian plates slide past each other along the Alpine Fault. Plate boundaries where plates slide horizontally past one another are transform boundaries. Convergent boundaries involve plates colliding, and divergent boundaries involve plates moving apart, which do not match the described motion.

Answer:

transform