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Q: Does new crust form at diverging tectonic plate?
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What feature forms at diverging oceanic plates?

Ridges of buoyant oceanic crust form at diverging oceanic plate boundaries.


A rift valley can form where two continental plates are?

At diverging continental plate boundaries. Where tectonic plates made up of continental crust move away from each other, causing a depression it the earths crust.


Volcanoes are able to form in several different plate-tectonic settings?

The type of tectonics where volcanoes occur are continental rift volcanism, hot spot, and continental volcanic arc. The other tectonics are subduction zones and rift valleys on a continental crust.


Where do folds in the earths crust form?

along tectonic plate boundaries.


What do folds in Earth's crust form mostly?

along tectonic plate boundaries


Distinguish between converging and diverging tectonic plates in a table form?

The Earth's crust is broken up into several lithospheric or tectonic plates. These plates are constantly moving atop the Earth's mantle (semi-solid layer of molten rocks). Based upon their motion, tectonic plates are referred to as converging or diverging. Converging tectonic plates move towards each other and form convergent boundary. Diverging tectonic plates move away from each other and form divergent boundary.


What causes volcano to form at a diverging plate boundary?

When a huge piece of crust diverges (pulls apart), the crust becomes fractured and magma spills out on the surface.


What is a thin place on Earths crust called where a volcanoes can form?

HOTSPOTS are a place on the earth's crust in the middle of a tectonic plate where volcanoes get formed rapidly.


Where would a major depositional basin be most likely to form?

a location where the crust has been downwarped by tectonic plate motion


Why might diverging plates cause a volcano to form?

Diverging plates are associated with stretching and thinning of the crust. Lines of weakness or rifts in the thinner crust serve as conduits for magma and volcanoes often form.


Is plate tectonics the plural form of plate tectonics?

Yes, the singular form is normally plate tectonic or tectonic plate so the plural would be plate tectonics or tectonic plates. Dumb crap.


Which boundary forms new crust?

Crust is formed at the edge of a tectonic plate by, when a volcano erupts, the lava or magma (same thing) hits the edge of a tectonic plate and cools and dries on the edge of that tectonic plate.