If you are referring to continental drift then it is mantle convection that moves some plates away from each other and some towards each other. Heating of the mantle closer to the core and then cooling of the mantle near the surface causes a circular effect, the plates (which float on top of the mantle) get dragged around by the circular movement.
All the time! They pull apart due to the Earths movement.
magma being pushed up to earths surface causes plates to be pulled apart
Convection Current.
an earthquake
constructive plate margins
tension
Tension
Pangaea broke apart because of the movement of tectonic plates, which causes earthquakes and volcanoes.
The shifting of tectonic plates and continental drift.
Plates at our planet's surface move because of the intense heat in the Earth's core that causes molten rock in the mantle layer to move. It moves in a pattern called a convection cell that forms when warm material rises, cools, and eventually sink down. As the cooled material sinks down, it is warmed and rises again.
plates puled apart
it is formed when two oceanic plates diverge away from each other, the lithosphere is pulled or torn apart :))))))))))))))))))))))))) XXXXXXXXXXDDDDDDDDDD
Both continental and oceanic plates float on the top surface of the mantle, which is divided into convection cells. The movement of these convection cells drag the plates along: where convection causes the mantle material to fall the plates are pushed together and where convection causes the mantle material to rise the plates are pulled apart.
a normal fault
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Both continental and oceanic plates float on the top surface of the mantle, which is divided into convection cells. The movement of these convection cells drag the plates along: where convection causes the mantle material to fall the plates are pushed together and where convection causes the mantle material to rise the plates are pulled apart.
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Plates pushed together makes mountains therefore plates pulled apart makes volcanos
Yes. Tectonic plates are extremely strong and catastrophic in some cases.
When the two plates are pulled apart it forms a Constructive Plate Boundary. When it is pulled apart, a big hole is made so material from the mantle fills the void and creates a new crust. It can be seen as a wound for example, a scab begins to repair the wound but any stress cracks it apart, that causes the blood (mantle) to ooze back in again to reform a new scab (crust).Hope I helped :)wrong...it's divergent.
An earth quake. This happens because the vibrations force the plates apart
Pangaea broke apart because of the movement of tectonic plates, which causes earthquakes and volcanoes.
Magma is extruded as lava at the mid-ocean ridges when they are pulled apart.
The shifting of tectonic plates and continental drift.