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What is spreading in regards to geology?
Spreading is generally thought of when speaking of sea-floor spreading. Sea-floor spreading takes place at the mid-ocean ridge where two oceanic plates are spreading/pulling apart from one another.
Sea-floor spreading occurs in places where two plates are doing what?
Diverging, by moving apart/away and separating from one another.
How is call the Regions where the continents or the sea floor are pulling apart?
The sea floor is spreading because of two tectonic plates are moving apart. The technical name for this area is a divergent boundary. In this area rifts are created, and some may apply this term to what is the divergent boundary. A link is provided to the relevant Wikipedia article.
What physical feature is created when the seafloor spreads?
A mid-ocean ridge is formed along a line created by sea floor spreading. It usually consists of parallel mountain ranges separated by a valley. Sea floor spreading is the result of plate tectonics, where two crustal plates are moving apart. The ridge is formed along lines of the weakest points between the two plates.
Are convergent boundaries and sea-floor spreading related in any way?
No, but divergent boundaries are the spreading of the sea floor and convergent boundaries are tectonic plates push together
What is spreading in regards to geology?
Spreading is generally thought of when speaking of sea-floor spreading. Sea-floor spreading takes place at the mid-ocean ridge where two oceanic plates are spreading/pulling apart from one another.
At what boundary does sea-floor spreading occur?
Consider. In sea-floor spreading, the plates are spreading apart; in other words diverging. So sea-floor spreading occurs at a divergent boundary,
What is called when sea-floor spreading occurs and pull away from each other under the sea?
It creates a mid ocean ridge, the two plates pulling apart is called a divergent boundary.
What a spreading center and what is made at one?
Sea floor spreading 2 oceanic plates coming apart
Does two plates moving apart cause sea floor spreading?
yes it does, floor spreading caused by shifting techtonic plates in active ocean
What would you call sea plates pulling away?
This would be called sea floor spreading, apparent at divergent boundaries.
How does the movement of tectonic plates and continents relate?
When the plates drift apart through sea floor spreading, so do the continents
How sea floor spreading provides a mechanism by which continents move?
The fact that plates move apart means that the plates will carry anything.
What is the relationship between platetectonics and seafloor spreading?
Plate tectonics is the theory that earth is made of plates that move slowly. Sea floor spreading is related to this because the split created in the sea floor is created by the plates moving apart.
What is the process by which lithospheric plates move apart creating spaces that are filled with hot magma is called?
sea floor spreading
Why does sea floor spreading have to happen in the sea?
Because of plate tectonics. Because it's 2 plates underwater that are moving apart. Magma rise up to where the 2 plates are separating to fill in the gap. Seafloor spreading occurs underwater.
Sea-floor spreading occurs in places where two plates are doing what?
Diverging, by moving apart/away and separating from one another.
