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    Divergent Plate Boundary

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    The document discusses divergent plate boundaries where plates pull away from each other. It explains that divergent boundaries form rift valleys and oceanic ridges. There are two types of divergent boundaries: oceanic-oceanic, where new seafloor is created at mid-ocean ridges; and continental-continental, which forms rift valleys. Key landforms are mid-ocean ridges, which are underwater mountain ranges along plate boundaries, and rift valleys like the East African Rift.

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    The document discusses divergent plate boundaries where plates pull away from each other. It explains that divergent boundaries form rift valleys and oceanic ridges. There are two types of divergent boundaries: oceanic-oceanic, where new seafloor is created at mid-ocean ridges; and continental-continental, which forms rift valleys. Key landforms are mid-ocean ridges, which are underwater mountain ranges along plate boundaries, and rift valleys like the East African Rift.

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    The document discusses divergent plate boundaries where plates pull away from each other. It explains that divergent boundaries form rift valleys and oceanic ridges. There are two types of divergent boundaries: oceanic-oceanic, where new seafloor is created at mid-ocean ridges; and continental-continental, which forms rift valleys. Key landforms are mid-ocean ridges, which are underwater mountain ranges along plate boundaries, and rift valleys like the East African Rift.

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    Divergent Plate Boundary

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    The document discusses divergent plate boundaries where plates pull away from each other. It explains that divergent boundaries form rift valleys and oceanic ridges. There are two types of divergent boundaries: oceanic-oceanic, where new seafloor is created at mid-ocean ridges; and continental-continental, which forms rift valleys. Key landforms are mid-ocean ridges, which are underwater mountain ranges along plate boundaries, and rift valleys like the East African Rift.

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    OBJECTIVES

    1.Explain the process that occur along divergent


    boundaries and identify landforms associated with.
    2. Explain the processes that occur along transform
    fault boundaries and identify the landforms associated
    with it.
    3. Explain the different geologic processes along plate
    boundaries
    ACTIVITY TIME!
    Direction: Analyze the photographs of rifts valleys and
    oceanic ridges and answer the questions that follow:
    ACTIVITY TIME!
    1. What are common in the two pictures?
    ACTIVITY TIME!
    2. Millions of years ago, the landmasses in each picture were
    once connected. What do you think is happening to the Earth’s
    crust in those pictures.
    ACTIVITY TIME!
    3. If this event continues for millions of years, what do you think
    will be the effect on the crust?
    DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
    Happens when plates pull
    away or separate from each
    other.
    It is also called a constructive
    plate boundary.
    In divergent plate boundaries,
    rift valleys and oceanic ridges
    are formed.
    TYPES OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
    Oceanic-Oceanic Divergence
    Continental-Continental Divergence
    TYPES OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
    Oceanic-Oceanic Divergence
    -In the oceans, plates move apart at mid-
    ocean ridges. Lava rises upward, erupts,
    and cools. Later, more lava erupts and
    pushes the original seafloor outward.
    This is seafloor spreading. Seafloor
    spreading form forms new oceanic crust.
    The rising magma causes the ridge to be
    buoyant. The plates pulling apart cause
    earthquakes.
    TYPES OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

    Oceanic-Oceanic Divergence
    - A mid-ocean ridge or mid-
    oceanic ridge is an underwater
    mountain range, formed by
    oceanic plates moving apart.
    TYPES OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

    Mid-ocean ridge
    - A mid-ocean ridge is the most
    extensive chain of mountains
    on Earth, stretching nearly
    65,000 kilometers (40, 390
    miles) and with more than 90
    percent of the mountain range
    lying in the deep ocean.
    TYPES OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY

    Mid-ocean ridge
    - is a continuous mass of land
    with long width and height on
    the ocean floor.
    -Most mid-ocean ridges are located deep below the sea. The island of Iceland
    sits right on the Mid-Atlantic ridge. The spreading rate is 2 to 20 cm per year.
    TYPES OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
    Continental-Continental
    Divergence
    - is known as Continental
    rifting. At the tension zone
    materials from the mantle
    may rise to the surface of the
    ocean floor, cools down and
    become new crust.
    TYPES OF DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY
    Rift Valleys
    - Are deep faulted structures
    found along the axes of
    divergent plate boundaries.
    Example, African Rift Valley.
    Features of Divergent Boundaries
    Rift Valleys
    Mid-ocean ridges
    earthquakes
    Features of Divergent Boundaries
    Rift Valleys
    Mid-ocean ridges
    earthquakes

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