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Types of landforms formed by divergent boundaries?
Divergent boundaries can create landforms such as rift valleys, mid-ocean ridges, and volcanoes. Rift valleys are formed on continents when tectonic plates pull apart, creating long, narrow valleys. Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain ranges that form when new oceanic crust is created as plates move apart. Volcanoes can also form along divergent boundaries as magma rises to the surface through the newly formed crust.
What types of volcanoes are formed at spreading centers?
Volcanoes at spreading centers is referred to as spreading center volcanism. This usually takes place on mid-oceanic ridges where the plates diverge.
What types of volcanoes form at mid-ocean ridges?
Rift volcanoes.
How is new crust continually being formed?
New crust is continually being formed at mid-ocean ridges through the process of seafloor spreading. Magma rises from the mantle and solidifies at the ridges, creating new crust as tectonic plates move apart. The crust then slowly spreads outward as more magma comes up, constantly renewing the Earth's surface.
How are ridges formed on the ocean floor?
Ocean current paths of travel, underwater volcanoes, tectonic plate movement, depends which specific ridges you are talking about.
Why can volcanoes be constructive and a destructive?
Volcanoes can be constructive when they form islands and mid-ocean ridges
Where does the newest rock on earth occur?
The newest rocks on Earth can be found at places where volcanic activity is currently occurring, such as at mid-ocean ridges or volcanoes. These rocks are formed through the solidification of magma that reaches the Earth's surface.
How are mid-ocean ridges and seamount relates to volcanoes?
Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain chains where tectonic plates move apart, allowing magma to rise up and form new crust, often accompanied by volcanic activity. Seamounts are submarine volcanoes that are formed by lava rising from the ocean floor. Both mid-ocean ridges and seamounts are related to volcanic activity as they involve the release of molten rock (magma) onto the ocean floor.
Why do you have mountains and volcanoes?
Mountains are formed by the movement and coliding of tectonic plates as they become deformed. Volcanoes form when the pressure of magma underneath the surface becomes too great for the ground to withstand and the magma explodes out of the ground forming craters and ridges.
What does the floor look like?
Mountains/ridges and underwater volcanoes
What is formed as a result of the plate movement in?
Mountains,volcanoes,trenches,earthquakes,faults,mid-ocean ridges ,rift valleys, widened ocean basins, and deep sea vents are all examples of geological features and events formed by plate movement. Hope this helped!
Does mercury have any cliffs on its surface?
Yes, it also has volcanoes and ridges. (:
