Question

Divergent plates move _________ from each other. This causes _______ to form as well as mid-ocean ridges.

choices--
away, aquifers
away, rifts
towards, rifts
towards, mountain ranges

Answer 1

Fist blank is away, second blank is rifts.

Answer 2

Answer: away, rifts

In the divergent plate tectonics, the divergent plates moves away from each other and they create a rift in the lithosphere. Some of the divergent boundaries lies on the oceanic floor and others on the continents. The divergent boundaries shape the continents and oceans over the time and they renew crust and oceans.