Most of the Basalt and Gabbro on the Ocean Floor

question 15

Multiple Choice

Most of the basalt and gabbro on the ocean floor is created at mid oceanic ridges, which are also ____.

• A) divergent plate boundaries
• B) ocean-ocean convergent plate boundaries
• C) transform plate boundaries
• D) ocean-continent plate boundaries
• E) intraplate igneous areas

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