Question

How does plate tectonics account for new geological processes on the seafloor?(1 point) Responses The converging and diverging of the plates expose magma which heats the water and causes turnover. The converging and diverging of the plates expose magma which heats the water and causes turnover. The contracting and expanding of the plates expose magma which heats the water and causes turnover. The contracting and expanding of the plates expose magma which heats the water and causes turnover. The converging and diverging of the plates expose magma which cools and causes seafloor spreading. The converging and diverging of the plates expose magma which cools and causes seafloor spreading. The contracting and expanding of the plates expose magma which cools and causes seafloor spreading.

Answer 1

The correct response is: The converging and diverging of the plates expose magma which cools and causes seafloor spreading.

Plate tectonics governs the movement of the Earth's lithosphere, leading to processes such as seafloor spreading at divergent boundaries where tectonic plates move apart, allowing magma to rise and cool, forming new oceanic crust.