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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 causes two continental plates to diverge?
An earth quake. This happens because the vibrations force the plates apart
How do plates pull apart?
The process called plate tectonics is responsible for plates pulling apart. Over time, and with the combination of carbon dioxide, erosion, and force, plates are able to pull apart. This will eventually cause some plates to separate from one another.
What happens when two tectonic plates move apart?
Magma seeps up through the two plates from the mantle and form volcanos.
Is subduction zone is where new crust is being formed?
No, subduction zones are where tectonic plates collide and one plate is forced beneath the other. New crust is formed at divergent plate boundaries, where plates move apart and magma rises to create new crust.
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 in a continental plate?
the plates move apart
What process in Earth's interior causes subduction and sea-floormspreading?
Convective flows of molten rock beneath the Earth's crust causes tectonic plates to spread apart in one area and to sink or be subducted beneath another plate at the opposite edge of the plate.
What happens to the space between plates as some plates move apart?
It forms a hole but new crust is formed.
What causes two continental plates to diverge?
An earth quake. This happens because the vibrations force the plates apart
What caused the earth to shift?
Volcanic action between the edges of tectonic plates are forcing them to move apart, and the plates are floating on the fluid, molten magma beneath the crust.
How do plates pull apart?
The process called plate tectonics is responsible for plates pulling apart. Over time, and with the combination of carbon dioxide, erosion, and force, plates are able to pull apart. This will eventually cause some plates to separate from one another.
What happens to plates above rising convection currents?
the large amount of energy forces the two plates to move apart
What happens when two tectonic plates move apart?
Magma seeps up through the two plates from the mantle and form volcanos.
Do trenches occur where plates are moving apart?
Trenches form where plates are moving towards each other in a convergent plate boundary, not where they are moving apart. At divergent boundaries, such as mid-ocean ridges, plates are moving apart, creating new crust.
Is subduction zone is where new crust is being formed?
No, subduction zones are where tectonic plates collide and one plate is forced beneath the other. New crust is formed at divergent plate boundaries, where plates move apart and magma rises to create new crust.
What happens divergent boundaries?
divergent boundaries happen when 2 plates move apart or divide
