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Answer 1: At plate boundaries where sea-floor spreading occurs, magma wells up to fill the space created by the plates that are moving apart. Check out this United States Geologic Survey (USGS) educational animation to see visually how it works:
Illustration of what is happening Landform: MID-OCEAN RIDGE Plate Boundary: DIVERGENT Type of Plates: 2 Oceanic Plates (OP) pull apart How is it formed? Two oceanic plates (OP) move away from each other, allowing magma to rise up from inside the Earth. The magma reaches the bottom of the ocean, turns in to lava and cools (forming new rock). This cycle continues constantly spreading the sea floor and adding new material along this chain of mountains. Sea Floor spreading occurs at these mid-ocean ridges.