Jam4eshYelen Jam4eshYelen
  • 23-01-2017
  • Physics
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At divergent boundaries, hot mantle rock rises and _____ occurs.

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  • 23-01-2017
When rock rises, they decrease in pressure causes hot mantle rock to melt and form magma. In plate tectonics, divergent boundaries occur when plates pull apart.
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VestaHofman VestaHofman
  • 18-02-2019

Answer: volcanoes

Plate tectonics refers to the movement of the lithospheric plates horizontally over the asthenosphere. In divergent plate tectonics two plates slide apart from each other. In a divergent plate boundaries, the separation of plates along with the eruption of hot mantle resulting in the volcanic eruption.

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