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They are called divergent plate boundaries.

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What happen as earth's plates move away from each other?

As Earth's plates move away from each other at divergent boundaries, new crust is created as magma rises to the surface and solidifies. This process can result in the formation of features such as mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.


Can two plates moving away from each other form a volcano?

Yes, but no with each other. They can meet other plates.


What is it called when two plates move away from each other?

When two plates move away from each other it makes a falt line or a riffed. -bekahcboo


What are three ways tectonic plates interact with each other?

When plates slide past each other, move toward each other, and move away from each other.


What kind of plate boundary lies between two plates that are moving away from each other?

A divergent plate boundary lies between two plates that are moving away from each other. At these boundaries, new crust is created as magma rises up from below the Earth's surface and solidifies, pushing the plates apart.


What is the movement of diverging?

A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.


What is the direction of movement from a divergent boundary?

the direction divergent boundaries move from is away from each other.


What kind of boundary is found where two plates move away from each other?

techtonic plates


Are the pacific plates and the antarctic plates moving towards each other or away from each other or past each other?

the plates are moving away from each other.


When two plates move away from each other it is called what boundary?

When two plates move away from each other it makes a falt line or a riffed. -bekahcboo


How do the plates move to form volcanoes?

The tectonic plates move divergent when they move away from each other, convergent when they are colliding with each other, and trasform when they slide past each other.


What happens when two plates pull away from each other in opposite directions?

When any fault occurs or tectonic plates pull away from each other under the ground. An earthquake happens.