A boundary where the plates are moving apart is called a divergent boundary. It is also called a constructive boundary because new crust is made there.
A divergent boundary is a boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. This movement creates new crust as magma rises from the mantle and solidifies, forming mid-ocean ridges on the seafloor.
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Convergent: plates move into one another.Divergent: plates move apart.Transform: plates move sideways in relation to each other.
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This is a divergent plate boundary.
A divergent plate boundary lies between two plates that are moving away from each other. At these boundaries, new crust is created as magma rises up from below the Earth's surface and solidifies, pushing the plates apart.
This is called a divergent plate boundary.
A divergent plate boundary is one where the two plates on either side of the boundary are moving apart; 'di-' meaning away. Convergent plates are moving together.
At a divergent plate boundary new crust is created as two or more plates pull away from each other. An example of a rift where land between two continents are being pulled apart is the Great Rift Valley.
This is called a convergent boundary. A divergent boundary is when plate move away from each other, and a transform boundary is when plates slide past each other.