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Is it true that when tectonic plates slide past each other they create a spreading of an ocean?
No. When tectonic plates move away from each other they can cause an ocean to spread.
How is a rift zone formed?
Tectonic Plates moving away from each other.
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.
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.
How rift zones form?
they are formed by two tectonic plates pulling away from each other
Where do divergent plate boundaries happen on earth?
Divergent plates are found in places where the tectonic plates are moving away from each other.
Do all the tectonic plates move in the same direction?
No, tectonic plates move in different directions. Some plates move towards each other (convergent boundaries), some move away from each other (divergent boundaries), and others slide past each other horizontally (transform boundaries).
What is a tectonic plate boundary?
A tectonic plate boundary is a region where two tectonic plates meet. These boundaries can be convergent (plates move towards each other), divergent (plates move away from each other), or transform (plates slide past each other horizontally). The interactions at these boundaries are responsible for earthquakes, volcanic activity, and the formation of mountain ranges.
What are name of the three sub-classes of tectonic plates?
The three main types of tectonic plate boundaries are convergent boundaries, where plates move toward each other; divergent boundaries, where plates move away from each other; and transform boundaries, where plates slide past each other horizontally.
When deep set of cracks forms when tectonic plates pull away from each other?
Rift zone
What do tectonic plates move?
Tectonic Plates move by trying to push past each other and by trying to slide past each other.
