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Deep underground minerals are lifted up by land movement and exposed by weathering and erosion.
Deep underground minerals are lifted up by land movement and exposed by weathering and erosion.
Underground heated water pulls minerals through cracks in the crust, forming veins of minerals.
Underground heated water pulls minerals through cracks in the crust, forming veins of minerals.
Heat and pressure change the chemical composition of rocks to form minerals.
Heat and pressure change the chemical composition of rocks to form minerals.
Metals dissolve in superheated water, forming minerals when the water cools.
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The correct response for how mineral deposits form at divergent ocean plate boundaries is:
Metals dissolve in superheated water, forming minerals when the water cools.
At divergent boundaries, tectonic plates pull apart, allowing seawater to seep into the crust where it is heated by underlying magma. This superheated water can dissolve various metals and minerals, which then precipitate out and form mineral deposits as the water cools.
