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Q: When two plates spread apart from each other it is called a what?
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What is is a spreading boundary?

a spreading boundary is when 2 plates spread apart from each other.


What are plates called if they move apart from each other?

Divergent Boundaries


Why does the ocean floor spread apart at the ridge?

Because as tectonic plates move away from each other, the ocean floor spreads apart and fills the gap.


Where 2 plates moved apart from each other are called?

I'm guessing you're talking about the tectonic plates? Divergence.


When plates move apart from each other in opposite directions what is it called?

Divergent plate movement.


What happens when two plates move apart from each other?

what happends when to plates move apart they make volcanos


What are tectonic plates and how do they shape the earth?

They are pieces of land that either are divergent which means that they spread apart from each other, they can also be transform plates which slide on each other and the last kind that mostly shapes the earth are tectonic plates that collide or converge which causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.


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.


What is it called Fewer molecules spread apart?

When a liquid or gas is heated, the molecules move faster, bump into each other, and spread apart. Because the molecules are spread apart, they take up more space. They are less dense. The opposite occurs when a liquid or gas is cooled.


Why Do Volcanoes Occur In A Certain Area?

scientist believe that most volcanoes form between parts of earths crust. It is called plates. Scientist believe that outers shells made up the plates. The pates bump into each other. they also spread apart, or slide past each other. volcanoes come up between the edge of the plates.


This type of boundary forms when two plates pull apart.?

Divergent plate boundaries form once two plates begin to pull apart from each other.


How did the Pangaea become together?

Well, there is a theory of plate tectonics, which is the movement of plates on the lithosphere, which is the surface of the earth. The Pangaea was actually the first land form before it split apart by convection currents,(as far as we know) and other forces that would move the plates. So Pangaea got together by the same way it spread apart.