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Divergent plates are plates that move away from each other. They move away from each other because between them is volcanic activity. The magma seeps up through the cracks between the plates, cooling from the water. As it cools, it is pushed away from the edge by the rising magma from underneath. If you've ever watched gravy or tomato soup boil, the bubble coming from the bottom of the pan pushes the top fluid away from where the hotter liquid wants to go...which is straight up. So the ocean floor in these areas is basalt columns. (On the other side of the plates which are moving apart from each other are subduction zones.)
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What causes tectonic plates to move?
Tectonic plates move due to the heat and pressure from the Earth's mantle, causing convection currents that push the plates apart or pull them together. This movement is known as plate tectonics.
What causes plates to be pulled apart?
Plates are pulled apart at divergent boundaries due to the process of seafloor spreading. Here, the movement of mantle material creates tensional forces that cause the plates to move away from each other, leading to the formation of new crust.
What process causes earths plates to move?
The process of 'earth plates moving' is Alfred Wageners theory of continental drift. This theory proposes that convenction currents in the earths mantle provides a 'cushion' on which the plates can move.
What landform is created when plates diverge (move apart)?
A mid-ocean ridge is formed when plates diverge or move apart. This is where new crust is created as magma rises to fill the gap created by the separating plates.
What do plates move apart along on?
Plates move apart along divergent boundaries, where new crust is created through volcanic activity and magma upwelling from the mantle. This process is called seafloor spreading and occurs primarily in mid-ocean ridges.
Do Earths Tetonic plates move apart?
Yes they do.
What causes earths plates to move continuously?
Convection in the earth's mantle.
What causes earths changes to earths landforms?
the tectonic platesthe tectonic plates can be move to be far and near to each other
The lithosphere is broken into pieces called what?
what causes the earths tectonic plates to move
What is the name of the boundary were to plates of the earths crust move apart?
Constructive because new land is 'constructed'
What causes magma to rise to earths surface?
The magma is in the mantle, the layer under the crust. There is a convection current caused by radioactivity in the inner core which causes the plates to move. Therefore the constructive plates move apart which means magma can rise up. It'll then solidify and this is what makes volcanoes. Hence CONSTRUCTive.
What do plates move apart on?
Plates move apart on divergent plate boundaries.
How does the movement of earths plates cause earthquakes?
The plates rub together causing the rocks to move and it causes the ground to shake forming an earthquake. The more the plates move, the bigger the earthquake number.
Why do earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
because of the plates in earth shift fast and the force causes the earth to shake.
What do geologists think causes earths plates to move?
The movement of the Earth's plates is known as plate tectonics. Geologists think the plates move due to a build up of extreme heat in the Earth's crust.
Do volcanoes erupt when earths plates move?
Well, when earths plates move away from each other that's when it happens but move well then NO!
How does subduction change the ocean floor?
Subductions causes the ocean floor to sink into deep-ocean trenches and the earths plates move apart from molten rock or magma ana the earths crusts rises a departs. Thank You, Professor Einstien
