the plates will create an ocean ridge and new crust will form

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Tectonic plates are gigantic pieces of the Earth's crust and uppermost mantle. They are made up of oceanic crust and continental crust. Earthquakes occur around mid-ocean ridges and the large faults which mark the edges of the plates.


1. the plates will create an ocean ridge and new crust will form
Image: Divergent plate boundary occurrance