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What is it called when the earth's plates spread apart?
Plate Tectonics
How did Pangea break apart?
It broke apart due to the magma beneath and earth's crust. These plates float on the top of the magma.(crust=plates)
When plates of the earth move apart scientists says they?
It's simple, when the plates collide, the crust of the earth wrinkles forming mountains.
What do you get when the earth's plates spread apart?
When the plates move apart they will more than likley create a large creak, Depending on how far they move apart. It would be a small creek.
When plates of the earth move apart scientists says they i g?
diverge
What is the crack in the earth that's open when two plates pull apart?
Those are earthquakes
What earth plates spread apart slowly?
Divergent plates are tectonic earth plates that spread slowly apart.
Why does the Grand Canyon have a crack in it?
Because the earth plates were weak it that area and the small eruption and it began a crack and water from the ocean/sea came into the crack causing the rack to increase between 4-18 miles apart
Which layer are the plates in?
the plates are apart of the crust,the upper layer of the earth
What happens when new basalt forms along mid ocean ridges?
Magma that has bubbled up through the crack in the Earth's surface.
What is formed as plates within earth bend and crack earths crust?
magma
What is formed when earth plates crack?
Faults, graben and mid oceanic ridges.
What is the place where earth's plates move apart?
divergent boundary
What is it when two plates of the earth move apart?
separation zone.
What is it called when the earth's plates spread apart?
Plate Tectonics
How did Pangea break apart?
It broke apart due to the magma beneath and earth's crust. These plates float on the top of the magma.(crust=plates)
When tectonic plates pull apart?
Tectonic plates have been pulling apart forever. At least all the time the earth has been around.
