Sketch or describe how two plates move in relation to each other along divergent plate boundaries

What will be an ideal response?


Plates at divergent boundaries are moving away from each other. They produce long and narrow fractures where they move apart. These fractures fill and seal up with newly formed crust by magma welling up from below.

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What will be an ideal response?

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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