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What is called when sea-floor spreading occurs and pull away from each other under the sea?

It creates a mid ocean ridge, the two plates pulling apart is called a divergent boundary.


What are plates called that are divergent plate boundaries?

Diverging tectonic plates.


What is divergent plates?

Divergent plates are tectonic plates that are moving away from each other. As they move apart, magma rises from the mantle and creates new crust at the mid-ocean ridges. This process is responsible for seafloor spreading and the formation of new oceanic crust.


What are diverging bounderies?

a divergent boundary is where two of earth plates are moving


What feature forms at diverging oceanic plates?

Mid-ocean ridges form at diverging oceanic plates. As the plates move apart, magma rises to fill the space, creating new oceanic crust. This process results in the formation of underwater mountain ranges along the divergent boundary.


What is a result in a diverging boundary?

At a diverging boundary, tectonic plates move away from each other. This results in the formation of new crust as magma rises to fill the gap created by the separating plates. As the magma cools and solidifies, it creates new oceanic crust on the seafloor or volcanic activity on land.


What happens when sea-floor speading occurs?

the process by which new material is added to the ocean floor along the boundary between diverging plates.


What effect does a diverging boundary have on the crust?

A diverging boundary results in the separation of tectonic plates, leading to the creation of new crust through seafloor spreading. Magma rises to fill the gap between the plates, solidifies, and becomes part of the oceanic crust. This process contributes to the continuous renewal and expansion of the Earth's lithosphere.


When do tectonic plates separate one another?

The plates which are constantly moving move apart at divergent boundaries. These are also called constructive boundaries because of the fact that new magma rises here and heals the diverging plates.


What are the differences between convergence and divergence plates?

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


How are plates moving at diverging boundaries?

To diverge means to move apart.


Why might diverging plates cause a volcano to form?

Diverging plates are associated with stretching and thinning of the crust. Lines of weakness or rifts in the thinner crust serve as conduits for magma and volcanoes often form.