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What causes the formation of mountain ranges along the ocean floor?
Plate tectonics pulls the ocean floor apart and magma pushes up forming mountains.
Sedimentary rock is forced together forming mountain ranges.
Sediment from rivers causes added sediments until mountains are formed.
Underwater volcanos erupt, creating underwater mountain chains.
Plate tectonics pulls the ocean floor apart and magma pushes up forming mountains.
Sedimentary rock is forced together forming mountain ranges.
Sediment from rivers causes added sediments until mountains are formed.
Underwater volcanos erupt, creating underwater mountain chains.
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The formation of mountain ranges along the ocean floor is primarily caused by **underwater volcanos erupting, creating underwater mountain chains**. This is especially evident at mid-ocean ridges, where tectonic plates are moving apart. As the plates separate, magma rises from the mantle, erupts through the ocean floor, and solidifies to form new crust. Over time, this process leads to the creation of extensive underwater mountain ranges, known as mid-ocean ridges.
While plate tectonics is a factor in this process, the specific statement that best describes the formation of mountain ranges along the ocean floor is the one regarding underwater volcanic activity.
While plate tectonics is a factor in this process, the specific statement that best describes the formation of mountain ranges along the ocean floor is the one regarding underwater volcanic activity.