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- a divergent boundary is ______________.○ an underwater mountain that springs up where two plates are moving apart○ a place where two of earths plates are moving apart○ to bring something new into the world○ when old land pushes together and moves under the ocean
Brief Explanations
A divergent boundary is defined as a tectonic plate boundary where two tectonic plates move away from each other. The first option describes a mid-ocean ridge, which forms at a divergent boundary but is not the boundary itself. The third and fourth options are unrelated to the definition of a divergent plate boundary.
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a place where two of earth's plates are moving apart