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Constructive Plate Boundaries make Volcanoes. The Oceanic Plate (Sea) is in between two Continental Plates (Land). Both Constructive Plates are being pulled in their respective directions and the Oceanic Plate is stuck in the middle. It forms a crack in the centre and this then allows the magma from under the Earths Crust to rise up through the crust to form a cone shaped structure of magma. The magma cools and is left as rock, therefore having a volcano.
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∙ 11y agoBoth. As magma is released it causes lava to seep out, creating new land and often a midocean ridge. The type of volcano found at a constructive plate boundary is a shield volcano, flatter and often with lava running down it (Kilauea, Nyiragongo etc.) But the pressure buildup at constructive plate boundaries does create earthquakes, although not quite as violent ones as may be experienced at destructive or conservative plate boundaries, it may be noted.
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∙ 11y agoDestructive plates come together and constructive plates move apart....
Yes i know it sounds backwards but it's right
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∙ 10y agoThey are diverging plates, which typically feature a central spreading ridge.
(Converging plates usually result in subduction, which is a destructive process.)
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∙ 9y agoconversing plates towards each other but diversing plates move apart.
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∙ 14y agoI believe they are formed along convergent plates. Some mountains are volcanoes and that is how they are formed. Later magma rises up and erupts out of the volcano.
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∙ 12y agoThe question cannot be answered. It isn't exclusively either of those things.
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∙ 11y agowell as you well may know in the astenosphere pooo
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∙ 11y agoOne in which the plates move away from each other.
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∙ 10y agoDestructive
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What does the plate boundary conservative mean?
a constructive plate boundary is where two plates move apart from eachother forming a gap which allows magma to rise and that leads to a earthquake.
How are divergent and tranform fault boundaries different?
At a divergent plat boundary the plates are moving APART in opposite directions and this is a constructive plate boundary.A transform boundary is one where the plates are SLIDING past each other in opposite directions.
What are Forces that erode mountains called constructive or destructive forces?
constuctive
Why is the process of divergence constructive?
In Geological terms, the reason is that when tectonic plates move apart (diverging), magma seeps up through the gap, forming new sea floor, thus it is constructive of new surface rock, as opposed to destructive, whereby seafloor is destroyed.
What mountain in Georgia is a constructive and destructive force?
Brasstown Bald was formed by tectonic plates crashing together. This is the same thing as earthquakes which causes it to be constructive.
Was Brasstown Bald formed by a constructive or destructive force?
Constructive because two tectonic plates pushed together and pushed it up.
What convergent plates?
when the land is pushed farther apart to form more land
What is the name of the boundary were to plates of the earths crust move apart?
Constructive because new land is 'constructed'
What is Another name for a constructive boundary?
All so know as a "Divergent Boundary" when 2 plates collied and the outher of the 2 is pushed down it is called a divergent boundary or a (Constructive Boundary).
Which plates are constructive?
Divergent plates.
How was the mount meakan volcano formed?
Plates pushed together makes mountains therefore plates pulled apart makes volcanos
How are the pushed together and pulled apart?
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.
What causes plates to be pulled apart?
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.
What are divergent boundaries also called?
They are called constructive boundaries. New crust is constructed as the plates move apart and magma erupts.
When do tectonic plates separate one another?
The plates which are constantly moving move apart at divergent boundaries. These are also called constructive boundaries because of the fact that new magma rises here and heals the diverging plates.
What is a boundary between plates that are moving away from each oher?
A boundary where the plates are moving apart is called a divergent boundary. It is also called a constructive boundary because new crust is made there.
What are constructive plates?
Constructive plate margins are when two plates move away from each other, creating more ocean floor.
