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What ocean floor feature is formed when two continental plates spread apart? continental shelves Deep sea trenches Seamounts mid-ocean ridges
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What ocean floor feature is formed when two continental plates spread apart?

continental shelves
Deep sea trenches
Seamounts
mid-ocean ridges

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Some ocean trenches are formed by subduction between a plate carrying continental crust and a plate carrying oceanic crust.
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Answer is Mid Ocean Ridges
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Where plates diverge (spread apart) from each other, molten magma flows upward between the plates, forming mid-ocean ridges, underwater volcanoes, hydrothermal vents, and new ocean floor crust.
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