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tectonic plates move apart allowing magma to move to the surface.

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What happens at the plate boundaries where spreading occurs?

the earth drifts away. This is science.


What is the other name for a spreading plate boundary?

Divergent boundaries is the other name for a spreading plate boundary.


Where does seafloor spreading happen?

along plate boundaries


What are the three types plate boundaries?

Three types of plate boundaries are spreading boundaries, colliding boundaries, and sliding boundaries. um actually they are divergent, convergent, and transform


What do spreading plate boundaries create?

They create new crust.


What boundary type is sea floor spreading?

These ridges are spreading centers or divergent plate boundaries


What are the three types of boundaries?

Three types of plate boundaries are spreading boundaries, colliding boundaries, and sliding boundaries. um actually they are divergent, convergent, and transform


What type of plate boundaries should the students study in order to understand seafloor spreading?

plate tectonics


How does subduction is opposite of spreading boundaries?

In subduction zones, one tectonic plate is forced beneath another, causing the plates to converge. In contrast, at spreading boundaries, tectonic plates are moving apart from each other, which results in the formation of new crust as magma rises and solidifies. Thus, subduction zones involve plate convergence, while spreading boundaries involve plate divergence.


What is divergent plate boundry?

it is a type of plate boundary that move away from euchre's a result of the spreading of boundaries, new ocean floor is created. this mainly happens on the ocean floor and results in mid-ocean ridges


What type of boundary is sea flooring?

These ridges are spreading centers or divergent plate boundaries


Does the theory of plate tectonics contain both seafloor spreading and continental drift?

Yes. The theory of plate tectonics is very broad, and it covers seafloor spreading, continental drift, plate boundaries and so on.