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diverge (creates crust)
dlverge
example - break up
what happens to the magma that comes up at divergent boundaries?
it turns green
nothing happens to the magma
the magma melts, wait isnt magma a liquid already?! im so confused.
the magma cools and hardens into new crust
At divergent tectonic boundaries, magma rises from the mantle into the gap created by moving plates. As this magma reaches the cooler surface (or near-surface environment), it loses heat, cools down, and solidifies to form new igneous rock, which becomes part of the Earth's crust. The other options are incorrect: magma does not turn green, it does undergo a change, and magma is already molten so it cannot melt further.
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The magma cools and hardens into new crust