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When tectonic plates spread and goes apart they form a ridge, trench, and etc. the line is called a divergent boundary. On the opposite side it causes a convergent boundary when two plates come and crush each other or slides underneath the other forming volcanoes and mountains
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoa volcano forms and also when they bump into each other a volcano can form or an earthquake can form also
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∙ 8y agowhen the plates move away from each other they open up and magma is forced up, this is called constructive margins.
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∙ 13y agothey make volcanoes
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What directions do the plates move relative to one another at a divergent plate boundary?
they move away form each other, so what ever the direction the plates are the move the apposite direction away
What happens to lithospheric plates when an earthquake occurs?
Lithospheric plates, which also are called tectonic plates, move towards or away from each other when an earthquake occurs.
Do all continential plates move in the same direction?
No. Normally they move in opposite directions, and can crash into one another - when this happens mountains are formed or deep sea trenches made. There are also points where they move directly away form one another, this happens along mid oceanic ridges and the geographic feature that occurs in these regions are the Oceans.
Boundary between two plates that are moving apart?
Convergent: plates move into one another.Divergent: plates move apart.Transform: plates move sideways in relation to each other.
The area of two neighboring tectonic plates move away from one another is called a what boundary?
A. Divergent
Do volcanoes erupt when earths plates move?
Well, when earths plates move away from each other that's when it happens but move well then NO!
What directions do the plates move relative to one another at a divergent plate boundary?
they move away form each other, so what ever the direction the plates are the move the apposite direction away
Do convergent plates move away from each other?
they move against one another
When two plates move away from one another we have a?
It creates a divergent boundary.
What happens to lithospheric plates when an earthquake occurs?
Lithospheric plates, which also are called tectonic plates, move towards or away from each other when an earthquake occurs.
What are three ways plates can move in relation to one another?
Plates either move towards each other (convergent plates), away from each other (divergent plates) or slide next to each other (transform plates).
What evntually happens to seafloor that is carried away from a mid-ocean ridge?
Seafloor continues to move away from the mid-ocean ridge and eventually comes into contact with another plate boundary. Ocean plates subduct underneath continental plates and are forced down into the lithosphere
Do all continential plates move in the same direction?
No. Normally they move in opposite directions, and can crash into one another - when this happens mountains are formed or deep sea trenches made. There are also points where they move directly away form one another, this happens along mid oceanic ridges and the geographic feature that occurs in these regions are the Oceans.
What do plates do when an earthquake happens?
They move
Boundary between two plates that are moving apart?
Convergent: plates move into one another.Divergent: plates move apart.Transform: plates move sideways in relation to each other.
The area of two neighboring tectonic plates move away from one another is called a what boundary?
A. Divergent
Which way does the divergent boundary go?
The diverging plates move away from one another in opposite directions.
