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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.
What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?
When tectonic plates move apart, it creates a divergent boundary. As the plates separate, magma from beneath the Earth's surface can rise up, creating new crust. This process can lead to the formation of volcanic activity and mid-ocean ridges.
What is it when plates move farther and farther apart?
When plates move farther and farther apart, this is known as seafloor spreading. It occurs at mid-ocean ridges where new oceanic crust is formed as plates diverge. This process is driven by convection currents in the Earth's mantle.
What are plates moving away from one Another?
When plates move towards each other it is called a convergent boundary. The two types of plates converging depends on what happens. When it is oceanic/oceanic, both plates subduct (go downward), leading to the creating of trenches found at the depths of the ocean. When an oceanic plate converges with a continental plate, the more dense oceanic plate subducts under the continental plate, again creating trenches, and also leading to the destruction of the ocean floor. When continental plates converge, they tend to smash up and rise, creating mountains. When plates move apart, it is called a divergent boundary. When oceanic plates move apart, magma rises, cools, and solidifies to create new ocean floor. This, along with continental/oceanic convergence, accounts for seafloor spreading. When two continental plates diverge, the area left between them slowly turns into an ocean. For an example of this type of ocean, look at the Red Sea.
Do continental plates move faster than oceanic plates?
No, oceanic plates move faster than continental plates. This is due to the density of the oceanic plates (basalt is denser). For example, the fastest moving plates are the Pacific plate, Cocos plate, and Nazca plate. All oceanic.
What happens in a continental plate?
the plates move apart
What is it called when two lithospheric plates move apart?
Continental Plates
When two continental plates move apart?
earthquake!!!!!!
What happens to the space between plates as some plates move apart?
It forms a hole but new crust is formed.
What do plates move apart on?
Plates move apart on divergent plate boundaries.
What happens at spreading plate boundaries?
tectonic plates move apart allowing magma to move to the surface.
What happens to plates above rising convection currents?
the large amount of energy forces the two plates to move apart
What happens divergent boundaries?
divergent boundaries happen when 2 plates move apart or divide
What happens when two tectonic plates move apart?
Magma seeps up through the two plates from the mantle and form volcanos.
What happens when the plates move apart towards and slide past?
When tectonic plates move apart, it creates a divergent boundary. As the plates separate, magma from beneath the Earth's surface can rise up, creating new crust. This process can lead to the formation of volcanic activity and mid-ocean ridges.
What happens along divergent boundaries?
along divergent boundaries tectonic plates move apart & rifts are created
What happens when two plates move apart from each other?
When two plates move apart from each other, it creates a divergent boundary. Magma from the mantle rises to fill the gap, solidifies, and forms new crust. This process is called seafloor spreading and is responsible for the formation of mid-ocean ridges.
