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Do volcanoes occur where two tectonic plates moves apart and magma rises up to create new crust?
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No. Generally volcanoes occur at plate boundaries called subduction boundaries. At a subduction boundary one tectonic plate rides over another and the lower plate is forced down and magma is forced up
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What volcanoes occur where two tectonic plates move apart and magma rises up to create new crust?
Rift volcanoes
What type of volcanoes occur when 2 tectonic plates move apart and magma rises up to create new crust?
Rift Volcanoes.
Do plates pulling apart cause volcanoes?
no but coliding plates create volcanoes
What force occurs where Earth's plates are moving apart?
Tectonic forces (earthquakes, volcanoes...)
How did Pangaea break apart?
Pangaea broke apart because of the movement of tectonic plates, which causes earthquakes and volcanoes.
How does the structure of the earth's surface result in an earthquake?
Its When Tectonic plates either collide Or Move Apart. Examples Of Tectonic Plates moving Together are mountains and volcanoes.
Where two of the earth plates split apart?
At the boundry of two tectonic plates, you get volcanoes, earthquake epicentres and ( if its under the ocean) tsunamis.
What kind of tectonic plate is mt.erebus?
Mt. Erubus has tectonic plates made up of parts of the lithosphere. These plates grind together or pull apart and this causes volcanoes to erupt.
What would happen if the tectonic plates where further apart?
There would be less earthquakes and probably more volcanoes.
How far apart are tectonic plates moving?
The tectonic plates move at about the same speed your finger nails grow. The gap the plates create when they move apart is constantly being closed up by magma moving up from the mantle.
What volcanoes occur where two plates move apart and magma rises up to create new crust?
Rift volcanoes
How do moving plates change earth's crust?
It changes because when the 2 tectonic plates collide they form mountains and volcanoes. Also with Alfred Weigners hypothesis the continents are always moving Continental drift and subduction zones the tectonic plates along the earth. continental drift causes tectonic plates to either "pull apart" or "crash" into each other. plates that crash into each other either form mountains, or when one slides under the other (a subduction zone) volcanoes from. *see "Volcanoes" for further explanation)
