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When plates beneath the ocean move apart from one another what happens to the magma below?
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∙ 9y ago
Magma is extruded as lava at the mid-ocean ridges when they are pulled apart.
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What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?
When two plates move apart it forms a hole but new crust is formed.
What causes two continental plates to diverge?
An earth quake. This happens because the vibrations force the plates apart
How do plates pull apart?
The process called plate tectonics is responsible for plates pulling apart. Over time, and with the combination of carbon dioxide, erosion, and force, plates are able to pull apart. This will eventually cause some plates to separate from one another.
What happens at a divergent ocean-ocean?
New crust is created as the plates are drawn apart.
What happens when two tectonic plates move apart?
Magma seeps up through the two plates from the mantle and form volcanos.
How did Pangea break apart?
It broke apart due to the magma beneath and earth's crust. These plates float on the top of the magma.(crust=plates)
What happens when two plates move apart from each other?
what happends when to plates move apart they make volcanos
When 2 plates come in contact with one another what happens?
They can slide past each other, they can collide, or they can pull apart.
What happens in a continental plate?
the plates move apart
What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?
When two plates move apart it forms a hole but new crust is formed.
Do trenches occur where plates are moving apart?
yes because the plates are pulling apart from one another which creates a trench
What happens when 2 tectonic plates spread apart?
It creates a volcano
What process in Earth's interior causes subduction and sea-floormspreading?
Convective flows of molten rock beneath the Earth's crust causes tectonic plates to spread apart in one area and to sink or be subducted beneath another plate at the opposite edge of the plate.
What caused the earth to shift?
Volcanic action between the edges of tectonic plates are forcing them to move apart, and the plates are floating on the fluid, molten magma beneath the crust.
As plates move what happens when pressure builds up and then rocks break?
The plates collide together and they break apart...
What happens to the space between plates as some plates move apart?
It forms a hole but new crust is formed.
What causes two continental plates to diverge?
An earth quake. This happens because the vibrations force the plates apart
