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What is the name of the mountain range found in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean?

a
Mid-ocean ridge
b
Mid-ocean trenches
c
Mid-Atlantic mountains
d
Mid-Pacific ridge

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Answer:

a Mid-ocean ridge

Step-by-step explanation:

The middle of the Atlantic ocean is a divergent margin between two oceanic crusts.

As the crusts pulls apart, part of the asthenosphere wells up and forms magmatic bodies around the edges of the plate.

  • This forms an extensive mountain ridge called the mid-oceanic ridge.
  • It is one of the most prominent landmark on the earth crust.
  • As the divergent margins moves apart, the mid oceanic ridge continues to grow.
  • The ridge is basaltic in nature.
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