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Q: What spreads as the plates move apart?
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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 do plates move apart on?

Plates move apart on divergent plate boundaries.


Plates move apart because of?

the plates move apart because of plate boundaries !:)


What do plates move apart along on?

Plates move apart on divergent plate boundaries.


What forms when 2 oceanic plates move apart?

Some move away from each other and create massive trenches normally in the sea bed, for example the Mariana Trench - 10,998 m.


What happens when two plates move apart from each other?

what happends when to plates move apart they make volcanos


How are divergent and transform fault plates alike?

Divergent boundaries are when two plates move apart. Divergent Boundaries in the ocean is when the sea floor spreads as the oceanic plates move apart. This causes places like the oceanic ridge. Divergent boundaries on crust are when two pieces of crust move apart. This makes mountains and valleys. Transform Boundaries are formed when two plates shear against each other, like the San Andreas Fault in California. The only way they are alike is because both of them cause earthquakes.


Do transform plates move together or apart?

Transform plates are also known as "Spreading Plates." Therefore, they spread apart


What do you get when the plates spread apart?

When the plates move apart they will more than likley create a large creak, Depending on how far they move apart. It would be a small creek.


Long crack that forms as two tectonic plates move apart?

Long crack that forms as two tectonic plates move apart


What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?

When two plates move apart it forms a hole but new crust is formed.


What is it called when two lithospheric plates move apart?

Continental Plates