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As the plates move away from each other at divergent boundaries, the lithosphere becomes thinner. A set of deep cracks form in the rift zone. The convection currents of the mantle can form a weak spot, and the heated, less dense magma rises up to fill the gap.
Seafloor Spreading
Magma rises from magma chambers at the rifts in the sea floor. Cooling and hardening then occurs.
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What kind of plates cause volcanoes?
Plates do not cause volcanoes. Volcanoes generally form at the boundaries between plates. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.
Is forming underwater mountains and volcanoes convergent divergent or transform?
Underwater volcanoes and mountains can form at both convergent and divergent boundaries.
Can volcanoes form along divergent plate boundaries on land?
yes
How do divergent boundaries form volcanoes?
no yes and symp
What features form at divergent boundaries?
Trenches, mountains, islands, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis
What kind of plates cause volcanoes?
Plates do not cause volcanoes. Volcanoes generally form at the boundaries between plates. They form at convergent and divergent boundaries.
Can volcanoes form along divergent boundaries on land?
yes
Is forming underwater mountains and volcanoes convergent divergent or transform?
Underwater volcanoes and mountains can form at both convergent and divergent boundaries.
Can volcanoes form along divergent plate boundaries on land?
yes
How do divergent boundaries form volcanoes?
no yes and symp
What features form at divergent boundaries?
Trenches, mountains, islands, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis
What is the similarities between convergent divergent and transform boundaries?
they both form volcanoes and earthquakes
Where do volcanoes occur around divergent plate boundaries?
yes they do occur along divergent boundaries
What landforms are formed at diverging boundaries?
In plate tectonics, divergent boundaries occur when plates pull apart. On land, divergent boundaries form rifts or valleys. More commonly, divergent boundaries in the ocean occur and cause mid-oceanic ridges. Divergent boundaries can also form volcanoes when the plates separate enough to allow molten lava to seep out, harden, and eventually form islands.
What boundary is it when a volcano formed?
Volcanoes can form at convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and at hot spots away from any plate boundary.
How is divergent convergent and transform plate boundaries similar?
They are similar because they both form volcanoes and earthquakes.
What are produced at convergent and divergent boundaries?
Volcanoes and earthquakes
