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Tectonic plates float on the magma of the Earth's mantle, and move because of convection currents in the magma.

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What is a tensional boundary?

Tensional boundary is the meeting zone of two tectonic plates at a normal fault; the plates move apart


What is boundary tension?

Tensional boundary is the meeting zone of two tectonic plates at a normal fault; the plates move apart


What kind of fault occurs at the divergent plate boundaries?

A normal


Where can a normal fault occur?

Fault line between the plates


What fault forms when plates are pulled apart?

a normal fault


In what direction do rocks above anormal fault surface moves?

In a reverse fault, compression (plates crashing together) causes the hanging wall to move up. In a normal fault, tension ( plates pulling apart) causes the footwall to push up.


What fault occurs when tectonic plates pull apart from one another and tensional stress is placed on rock layers?

A fault called a normal fault occurs when tectonic plates pull apart and tensional stress causes the rock layers to break and move along the fault line. In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall due to the extensional forces acting on the rocks.


How do fault mountains occur?

Where two plates move away from each other tension forces create many normal faults.


Which type of fault occurs at divergent boundaries?

Normal faults occur at divergent boundaries, where tectonic plates are moving apart. This type of fault results from tensional stress pulling the plates in opposite directions, causing the hanging wall to move downward relative to the footwall.


What type of fault causes the land to move downward?

In a normal fault the hanging wall moves downward. With this type of fault, the hanging wall also shifts horizontally away from the fault line.


What type of fault form when plates are pushed together?

When plates move apart or diverge, it is called a normal fault (happens along a divergent boundary). When plates collide or converge, a reverse fault occurs (when the hanging wall pushes up, and the foot wall pushes down). When plates slide past each other, it is called a strike-slip fault, which typically occurs at a transform plate boundary.Also, if you are still having doubts, do more research on strike-slip faults, normal faults, and reverse faults by just typing it in.


What fault will the hanging wall move down relative to the footwall?

In a normal fault, the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall due to tensional forces pulling the plates apart. This type of fault is associated with divergent plate boundaries or areas where the Earth's crust is being pulled apart.