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The plates spread, bringing up new material from deep in Earth.
This process typically occurs at mid-ocean ridges where tectonic plates are diverging, allowing magma to rise and create new oceanic crust.
Which process is happening at places where the plates that form the sea floor border each other?(1 point)
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One plate will go under the other, causing a slow horizontal shift as the top plate moves.
One plate will go under the other, causing a slow horizontal shift as the top plate moves.
The plates spread, bringing up new material from deep in Earth.
The plates spread, bringing up new material from deep in Earth.
The plates collide, sending matter from both plates deep into Earth.
The plates collide, sending matter from both plates deep into Earth.
One plate will go under the other, causing a slow rise of the top plate.
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