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Ocean ridges are formed by what boundaries?
Divergent boundaries form ocean ridges.
Is new oceanic lithosphere is unable to form at mid-ocean ridges?
no
Are mid-ocean ridges located mostly along coastlines?
No, mid-ocean ridges are not located mostly along coastlines. Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain ranges that form where tectonic plates are pulling apart. They are located in the middle of the ocean and can extend for thousands of kilometers.
Subduction occurs where the oceanic crust bends down toward the mantle at a(n)?
Seafloor spreading occurs along mid-ocean ridges. Mid-ocean ridges are large mountain ranges on the ocean floor. The shifting in the rock causes the seafloor to spread and allows magma to bubble and form more mountains on the ocean floor.
Which forms at mid-ocean ridges?
New oceanic crust is created along mid ocean ridges. These are areas of the earth where there is divergence or splitting of the ocean floor and basaltic magma oozes out from within the mantle to occupy the gaps and form new crusts.
Do divergent boundaries cause island arcing?
No. Divergent boundaries cause mid ocean ridges (MORs) to form.
Ocean ridges are formed by what boundaries?
Divergent boundaries form ocean ridges.
What causes magma to form at a convergant plate?
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
What causes magma to form at convergent boundaries?
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
What causes to form at a convergent plate boundary?
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
What causes magma to form at a convergent boundary?
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
What causes Magma to form a convergent plate boundary?
the mid ocean ridges cause the magma to form at a convergent plate boundary.
How did old man of the mountains form?
mountains form by mid-ocean ridges
What doesn't form in a convergent boundary?
Mid-ocean Ridges.
Where is the plate boundary?
they form around mid-ocean ridges
Volcanoes that form along mid-ocean ridges occur at?
mid ocean ridges form along, underwater mountain ranges that sometimes have a rift valley down their center( 6th grade answer)
Hardens to form new rock at mid-ocean ridges?
Sea- Floor Spreading molten material erupts through the valley that runs along the center of some mid-ocean ridges. This material hardens to form the rock of the ocean floor. Mid-ocean ridges an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced.
