Question

Where would you expect to find lava solidifying into basalt?

Question 3 options:

near the boundary between ocean crust and continental crust

along the continental slope

in the center of the continents

at the center of the mid-ocean ridge

Answer 1

You would expect to find lava solidifying into basalt **at the center of the mid-ocean ridge**.

Mid-ocean ridges are underwater mountain ranges where tectonic plates are diverging, allowing magma to rise from the mantle and solidify into basalt as it cools. This process is a primary source of new oceanic crust. The other options do not typically involve the formation of basalt through the solidification of lava.