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As the plates rub against each other, they cause the ground to move, creating an earthquake or a volcanic eruption.
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Is spreading sea plates pulling apart?
yes
What is it called when two oceanic plates move apart and new crust is formed?
Seafloor Spreading
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.
What does the seafloor spreading theory states?
The theory of seafloor spreading was proposed by Harry H. Hess, an American geophysicist, in 1960. According to Hess, seafloor spreading is where two tectonic plates move apart and the ocean floor spreads out. When two tectonic plates spread apart they break. Magma then forces its way up through the cracks in an underwater volcano. When the magma hits the water, it cools and forms ridges along the plates that are pulling apart. In a normal volcano, the magma would pour down the sides and build up, but the since the plates are pulling apart underwater, the magma is more like forming a bridge. However, this bridge has valleys and mountains and is known as an oceanic ridge. The material being formed is known as constructive because a new ocean floor is actually being formed as a result of the process.
Sea-floor spreading occurs in places where two plates are doing what?
Diverging, by moving apart/away and separating from one another.
Do transform plates move together or apart?
Transform plates are also known as "Spreading Plates." Therefore, they spread apart
What are spreading boundaries?
Spreading boundaries are places where two plates move apart.
Is spreading sea plates pulling apart?
yes
What is is a spreading boundary?
a spreading boundary is when 2 plates spread apart from each other.
Does two plates moving apart cause sea floor spreading?
yes it does, floor spreading caused by shifting techtonic plates in active ocean
What a spreading center and what is made at one?
Sea floor spreading 2 oceanic plates coming apart
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 the name of the boundary were to plates of the earths crust move apart?
Constructive because new land is 'constructed'
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 it called when two oceanic plates move apart and new crust is formed?
Seafloor Spreading
What is it called when two ocean plates move apart and new crust is formed?
Seafloor spreading
