A rift is created in the Earth's crust. An outstanding example of this is the Great Rift Valley in Africa.
When the plates separate water fills in the cracks, this leaves trenches ie. (Mariana Trench) the deepest part of the ocean approx. 7mil below sea level.
They make a cheesy joke about plates saying good bye like "Plate you later" •_• also are you talking about dinner plates?
i think when two oceanic plates move apart ridges are formed. if two continental plates move apart rift velleys are formed. :)
they move away form each other, so what ever the direction the plates are the move the apposite direction away
Lithospheric plates, which also are called tectonic plates, move towards or away from each other when an earthquake occurs.
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.
Convergent: plates move into one another.Divergent: plates move apart.Transform: plates move sideways in relation to each other.
A. Divergent
Well, when earths plates move away from each other that's when it happens but move well then NO!
they move away form each other, so what ever the direction the plates are the move the apposite direction away
they move against one another
It creates a divergent boundary.
Lithospheric plates, which also are called tectonic plates, move towards or away from each other when an earthquake occurs.
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
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.
Convergent: plates move into one another.Divergent: plates move apart.Transform: plates move sideways in relation to each other.
They move
A. Divergent
The diverging plates move away from one another in opposite directions.
they past away from eachother causing contential drift. like green lights and red and orange