Mid-Ocean Ridges Mid-ocean ridges are an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced. In the mid-1900’s, scientists begin mapping the mid-
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Divergent Boundary spreads apart, or divides, making new ocean floor along mid ocean ridges. Convergent Boundary comes together. Ocean crust sinks.
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In the mid-1900’s, scientists realized that the ocean floor had many mountain ranges similar to those on the continents. These underwater mountain ranges.
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