Question

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition site of sea-floor spreading

Answer 1

Answer;

Mid-ocean ridges

Explanation;

• Sea-floor spreading is the process by which molten material adds new oceanic crust to the ocean floor.
• Mid-ocean ridge is an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced at a divergent plate boundary.
• Mid ocean ridge occurs when convection currents rise in the mantle beneath the oceanic crust and create magma where two tectonic plates meet at a divergent boundary.