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What are the zones called where lithospheric plates move apart from one another?
The zones where lithospheric plates move apart from one another are called divergent boundaries. At these boundaries, tectonic plates separate, allowing magma to rise from the mantle and create new crust, often resulting in volcanic activity. This process can lead to the formation of mid-ocean ridges and rift valleys.
What forms when two lithospheric plates move apart?
When two lithospheric plates move apart, a divergent boundary is formed. This process results in the creation of new oceanic crust as magma rises to fill the gap between the plates, forming a mid-ocean ridge.
What is the process by which lithospheric plates move apart creating spaces that are filled with hot magma is called?
The process by which lithospheric plates move apart, creating spaces that are filled with hot magma, is called seafloor spreading. This occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed as magma rises from the mantle and solidifies at the surface.
What happens to lithospheric plates when an earthquake occurs?
When an earthquake occurs, lithospheric plates either slide past each other, collide, or move apart along their boundaries. The stress accumulated along the plate boundaries is released suddenly, causing the plates to deform and generate seismic waves that we feel as an earthquake.
What does the lithospheric plates move on?
Aesthenosphere
Do lithospheric plates move often?
They constantly move. EDIT: Lithospheric plates move only about a few centimeters a year. Hope this helps! ~SLL
What the large thin plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the earth?
They are called tectonic or lithospheric plates.
Do lithospheric plates constantly move?
Yes.
Describe how the presence of faults and folds supports the idea that lithospheric plates are in motion?
Faults and folds just support the idea that there lithospheric plates are in motion because folds appear when the plates move towards each other. The faults appear when the plates drift apart and cause an empty space.
How do the lithospheric plates move each year?
5 centimeters.
The lithospheric plates move an average of?
5 centimeters per year
What is the surface on which the lithospheric plates move around earths surface?
Lower mantle is the surface on which the lithospheric plates move around earths surface.
