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Divergent plates move from each other This causes to form as well as mid-ocean ridges?
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Which type of boundary do mid-ocean ridges occur?
divergent
Where is there a divergent boundary?
Where two tectonic plates are moving farther away from each other, like at the Great Rift Valley in Africa.
What are ocean ridges formed by?
Divergent boundaries
Name types of plate boundarys found when two plates separate?
These are called divergent plate boundaries marked by ridges, caused by the uplift of crust by rising magma, on either side of a rift valley, where the magma fills in the gap left by the spreading ridges.
Features found at divergent boundaries include?
Ocean ridges
What is located in midocean ridges?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is found on the ocean floor in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Where do midocean ridges intersect the landmasses?
Midocean ridges are areas where continents broke apart. Midocean ridges are closest to the landmasses in younger oceans. One example where a midocean ridge intersected a landmass is the Arabian sea, which was formed by the pulling apart of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa.
Which type of boundary do mid-ocean ridges occur?
divergent
What is it called when 2 plates move away from each other?
mid - ocean ridges, they're caused by divergent boundaries Rifts are also on land, such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa mid - ocean ridges, they're caused by divergent boundaries Rifts are also on land, such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa mid - ocean ridges, they're caused by divergent boundaries Rifts are also on land, such as the Great Rift Valley in Africa
Where would two plates move apart at mid-oceanic ridges?
at a divergent plate boundary
New ocean crust is formed at?
Divergent plates or mid-ocean ridges
What tectonic plate boundary causes mid-ocean ridges?
Divergent Plate Boundary.
Ocean ridges are formed by what boundaries?
Divergent boundaries form ocean ridges.
What forms when plates spread apart at a boundary?
New crust is formed from rising magma at divergent plate boundaries.
What is the difference between a ocean ridge and trench?
Trenches are formed by divergent plates, Whereas Ridges are formed by plate in collision.
What are the differences between ocean ridge and seamount?
The midocean ridges are the spreading centers where the plates are moving apart. The seamounts are extinct volcanos produced as the plate passed over a mantle hotspot.
Where are the midocean ridges offset the most by faults?
At transform faults or transform zones.
