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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:
on the seafloor yes the mid oceanic ridges are all divergent boundaries on the seafloor br yes the mid oceanic ridges are all divergent boundaries are areas where continental or oceanic plates are moving away from each other and creating new crust examples would be the mid oceanic ridge and the ea st african rift zone 57 people found this useful