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What happens when two tectonic plates move apart?

Magma seeps up through the two plates from the mantle and form volcanos.


How does the process of seafloor spreading occur with two tectonic plates moving away from each other?

Seafloor spreading happens when two tectonic plates move apart. Magma rises up from the mantle through the gap, creating new oceanic crust. As the plates continue to move apart, the new crust pushes the older crust away, causing the seafloor to spread.


What happens at spreading plate boundaries?

tectonic plates move apart allowing magma to move to the surface.


What earth plates spread apart slowly?

Divergent boundaries such as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and East Pacific Rise are examples of earth plates spreading apart slowly. This process results in the continuous formation of new oceanic crust as magma rises to the surface and solidifies.


Why does the ocean floor spread apart at the ridge?

Because as tectonic plates move away from each other, the ocean floor spreads apart and fills the gap.


What happens along divergent boundaries?

along divergent boundaries tectonic plates move apart & rifts are created


Tectonic plates interact at what?

Tectonic plates interact at plate boundariesThey move apart at divergent boundaries


What are the differences between plate tectonic and tectonic plates?

Converging plates come together. They converge together. Diverging plates come apart.


What are tectonic plates and how do they shape the earth?

They are pieces of land that either are divergent which means that they spread apart from each other, they can also be transform plates which slide on each other and the last kind that mostly shapes the earth are tectonic plates that collide or converge which causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.


What causes colliding plates?

tectonic movement can cause tectonic plates to collide, drift apart, or slide across one another


Is it true that rocks an be pulled apart by the movement of tectonic plates?

Yes. Tectonic plates are extremely strong and catastrophic in some cases.


What occurs when tectonic plates move apart?

A rift valley.