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How do underwater mountain ranges form ?

A. Continental drift
B.convection currents
C. Strike-slip faults
D. Sea floor spreading

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Answer:

Continental Drift

Step-by-step explanation:

This Happens:

A mid-ocean ridge or mid-oceanic ridge is an underwater mountain range, formed by plate tectonics. This uplifting of the ocean floor occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the oceanic crust and create magma where two tectonic plates meet at a divergent boundary.

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