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Is the moving portion of earth's crust and upper mantle called a ridge?
Not quite. These are known as tectonic plates. A (mid ocean) ridge is a type of boundary between differing tectonic plates which are diverging or moving away from each other..
How does the Mid Atlantic Ridge affect the Atlantic Ocean?
The tectonic plates are separating and growing more ocean floor (seafloor spreading).
What tectonic plates is surtsey on?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge
The place where tectonic plates touch is known as the what?
It is called plate boundarys :P
What land form is created by tectonic plates crashing together?
this depends on the two plates that collide. Ocean plates are much heavier than continental plates. If an ocean and continental plate collide, the ocean plate sinks underneath and creates a trench. If two ocean plates or two continental plate collide, it creates a mountain range/ oceanic ridge depending on the type.
A mid-ocean ridge forms along what plates?
tectonic plates
What form a mid ocean ridge?
tectonic plates
Which two tectonic plates are separated by a mid ocean ridge?
North American and Eurasian
Which two tectonic plates are separated by a mid-ocean ridge?
North American and Eurasian
At a mid Ocean ridge how do the two tectonic plates move?
The plates move apart, which is called a divergent boundary.
What is mid ocean ride?
It is a ridge that was formed by tectonic plates pushing upwards causing it to make mountains in the shape of a ridge
Do plates pull apart in the middle of the Atlantic ocean?
Tectonic plates do pull apart in the middle of the ocean. These divergent plates form what is known as the Mid-Atlantic ridge.
What kind of boundary is located at the mid ocean ridge?
The mid-ocean ridge is formed along a divergent or constructive plate boundary between two plates of oceanic crust.
Is the moving portion of earth's crust and upper mantle called a ridge?
Not quite. These are known as tectonic plates. A (mid ocean) ridge is a type of boundary between differing tectonic plates which are diverging or moving away from each other..
How does the Mid Atlantic Ridge affect the Atlantic Ocean?
The tectonic plates are separating and growing more ocean floor (seafloor spreading).
Is Atlantic ocean is expanding?
Because the tectonic plates which it sits upon are moving apart at the mid-atlantic ridge.
What landscape forms at a mid ocean ridge?
A mid-ocean ridge is formed when two tectonic plates move away from each other and the opening left by them separating fills in with magma.
