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The picture above shows a cross section of the Earth’s interior including both oceanic crust and continental crust. Along the seafloor, there are mid–ocean ridges where magma rises to the surface and creates new crust. There are also areas where crust is recycled as oceanic crust goes below continental crust. What type of boundary would occur at a mid-ocean ridge?

Answer 1

Mid-ocean ridges happen along divergent plate boundaries, where new ocean floor is created as the Earth’s tectonic plates spread apart. As the plates separate, molten rock rises to the seafloor, producing large volcanic eruptions of basalt.