divergent boundary
New crust can form in the gap. This topic is part of Earth Science within Science & Nature. This page currently draws on 10 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
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At a divergent plate boundary, plates move how?
Answer: Apart
Bonus fact: New crust can form in the gap.
Where are divergent boundaries especially common?
Answer: Mid-ocean ridges
Bonus fact: Magma rises as plates separate.
What process creates new ocean floor at divergent boundaries?
Answer: Seafloor spreading
Bonus fact: New basaltic crust forms at ridges.
What type of plate boundary occurs where two plates move apart?
Answer: Divergent boundary
Bonus fact: Divergent boundaries create new crust at many mid-ocean ridges.
What process at mid-ocean ridges creates new oceanic crust?
Answer: Seafloor spreading
Bonus fact: Magma rises and solidifies at divergent boundaries.
What type of boundary forms where two plates move apart?
Answer: Divergent boundary
Bonus fact: New crust commonly forms at divergent boundaries.
At a divergent plate boundary, tectonic plates move in which way?
Answer: Away from each other
Bonus fact: USGS notes that divergent boundaries generate new crust as magma rises between separating plates.
At what type of plate boundary is new crust generated as plates pull apart?
Answer: Divergent boundary
Bonus fact: USGS describes divergent boundaries as spreading centers where new crust forms.
What type of tectonic plate boundary is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
Answer: Divergent boundary
Bonus fact: At divergent boundaries, plates pull apart and new oceanic crust forms by seafloor spreading.
Mid-ocean ridges form along what type of tectonic plate boundary?
Answer: Divergent boundary
Bonus fact: NOAA says new ocean floor is created where tectonic plates spread apart along mid-ocean ridges.